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foreign > 4 senses
ADJECTIVE1foreignOf concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
2foreignRelating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
3foreign, alienNot contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
4foreign, extraneousNot belonging to that in which it is contained
foreign > pronunciation
Soundsfaa'rahn; fao'rahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website...
foreign > adjective 1
MeaningOf concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own).
Examples"foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
Similarabroad, overseas; external, international, outside
See alsointernational
Contrarydomestic
foreign > adjective 2
MeaningRelating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
Examples"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
Attribute ofunfamiliarity, strangeness; foreignness, strangeness, curiousness
Similaradventive; alien, exotic; nonnative; established, naturalized; foreign-born, nonnative; imported; tramontane; unnaturalized, unnaturalised
See alsounfamiliar
Contrarynative
foreign > adjective 3
MeaningNot contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
Examples"the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
Synonymsalien
Similar toextrinsic
foreign > adjective 4
MeaningNot belonging to that in which it is contained. Introduced from an outside source.
Examples"foreign particles in milk"
Synonymsextraneous
Similar toadulterating, adulterant

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