What is the meaning of foreign?

adjective

  • Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own. )
    • usage: "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
  • Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
    • usage: "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
  • Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
    • usage: "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
  • Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
    • usage: "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
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APAWordNet. (2010). Foreign. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/foreign/definitions/1174371
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