"foreign" Definition

Definitions for the word "foreign" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. adj.
1 of, from, in, or characteristic of, a country or language other than one''s own. 2 dealing with other countries (foreign service). 3 of another district, society, etc. 4 (often foll. By to) unfamiliar, alien. 5 coming from outside (foreign body). foreignness n. [latin foris outside]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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