foreign

About 121.91 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

   foreign markets; foreign soil

2. adjective Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

   foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade

3. adjective Relating to a different nation.

   foreign policy; foreign navies

4. adjective Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

   foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species

5. adjective Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.

   It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.

6. adjective Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
7. adjective From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country.
8. adjective Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

   My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.

Similar words

foreign-born abroad extraneous extrinsic outside exotic overseas established adventive strange

Often followed by

policy affairs exchange trade office countries minister relations investment language

Word family

foreignness foreignnesses