foreign
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈfɔrɪn/
- The customs and traditions in that village felt foreign to me when I first arrived.
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Watch on YouTubeSo if it's good stuff or in different things, nothing is foreign to the wise person.
- So if it's good stuff or in different things, nothing is foreign to the wise person.
- But, you know, dance music was very foreign to me in that respect.
- You know, you have strengths and then you often have things that are foreign to you, right?
Examples
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The idea of personal development is foreign to most people's purview.
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John is our first foreign worker who is writing this stuff.
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And this is our second foreign call today.
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And that this is a very foreign concept for boys and men.
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But, you know, dance music was very foreign to me in that respect.
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This kind of structure is completely foreign to mammals.
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I was an outsider in a foreign land.
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Egypt has 28 domestic commercial banks, 21 foreign commercial banks, and 33 investment banks.
Academic text (1999) -
Her body had a way of rejecting anything foreign; she had known that too.
Fiction book (1990) -
He and his army must support themselves in this foreign land or perish.
Synonyms
265
4.1
From another place and not familiar there
239
4.8
Unusual and interesting because it comes from another country or is different from what people know
17
7.5
Not related or needed and coming from outside
12
3.8
About other countries rather than the home country
1
4.9
From another place, often brought there by people
1
7.2
Not originally from a place, brought from another country or region
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
31
5.1
A journalist who lives in another country and reports news there for newspapers or TV at home
- Specialized
26
4.1
A way to change one country's money into another country's money
17
4.4
The part of the United States Department of State with diplomats who work in embassies and consulates abroad
10
3.5
A government department that manages relations with other countries especially in the UK
7
6.7
A military unit of volunteers from other countries who serve in a country's army
- Formal
4
6.7
A person or group the government requires to report activities and funding from another country
4
3.4
An American group of people who served in the military abroad that helps former service members and promotes national pride
3
7.1
A group based in another country that uses violence to get political change and is often named by a government
- Specialized
3
4.6
Money from a company or person in one country used to buy and control a business in another country
A Russian government agency that gathers information and carries out operations abroad
2
7.4
A United States law that requires courts to approve spying on foreign people or groups
2
9.1
A secret United States court that allows electronic monitoring and searches for foreign intelligence
1
5.6
A group of people sent from a religious organization to another country to teach their religion and help local people
- Slur
1
9.9
A rude name used in East Asia for someone from another country, often a Western person, showing fear or hate
- Formal
1
5.3
A permanent office in another country that represents its government and helps with official relations
1
4.7
A government office that deals with France's relations with other countries
How Foreign
Surface Forms
Etymology
Foreign comes from Latin foris 'outside' by way of the old French forain. So a 'foreign' object in a wound or machine is simply something that came 'from outside' and does not belong there.