foreign, adj.
freq. cnt. 35
freq. cnt. 35
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 20
foreign
sample sentences
"foreign trade""a foreign office"
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relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
foreign strange
sample sentences
"foreign nations""a foreign accent"
"on business in a foreign city"
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not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3
alien foreign
sample sentences
"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"
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not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
extraneous foreign
sample sentences
"water free of extraneous matter""foreign particles in milk"
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