alien
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈeɪliən/
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extraterrestre
- Let's say that you were an alien space pilot, OK?
- space alien
- UFOs and aliens
- talk with aliens
So but you want to hear about aliens and pyramids.
- So but you want to hear about aliens and pyramids.
- And then there could be aliens nearby.
- And they can do, you know, they can have the aliens come down next season.
- But remind us what how the aliens thought in in the movie Arrival.
- I think dogs might be aliens, though, if we think about it.
- So could it be an alien in a spaceship?
- If you got to meet aliens, what would you ask them?
- So Lewis thinks that aliens have speed up.
- They're like, yeah man, cause aliens, what are they going to do?
- Now let's come back to aliens, though, on something like this.
Examples
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Are there really aliens out there?
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Do you think that aliens have ever come to Earth?
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Oh, we have an alien now too, huh?
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This week aliens have come to destroy Earth.
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If there is intelligent life in the universe, what might these aliens be like?
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I think we were abducted by aliens.
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More Americans believe in aliens and ghosts than believe in bigfoot, correct?
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So Robin Williams plays an alien who's visiting Mindy.
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There were aliens!
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In the movie, a brave astronaut tried to communicate with an alien who landed on Earth.
Synonyms
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8.2
A creature from another planet or outer space
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8.1
A living creature believed to come from another planet
A living thing that comes from space and may bring life to Earth
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A foreign person who stays in the United States after a court orders them to leave
How Human-like
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alien keeps the simple idea from Latin alienus 'other', so in stories an alien is a being who comes 'from another' planet or world. This shows why we use the same word for creatures from outer space.