Foreign
['fɒrɪn] or ['fɔrən]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; 'foreign nations'; 'a foreign accent'; 'on business in a foreign city' .
(adj.) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); 'foreign trade'; 'a foreign office' .
Typed by Evangeline--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
(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.
(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.
(a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
Typist: Ralph
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Alien, outlandish, exotic, not native, not domestic, from abroad.[2]. Remote, not allied, not pertinent, not appropriate, not congenial, not connected, not belonging.[3]. Extraneous, extrinsic, adventitious.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Strange, exotic, outlandish, alien, irrelevant, extraneous
ANT:Domestic, native, congenial, pertinent, germane
Typist: Trevor
Definition
adj. belonging to another country: from abroad: alien: not belonging to unconnected: not appropriate.—adj. For′eign-built built in a foreign country.—ns. For′eigner a native of another country; For′eignness the quality of being foreign: want of relation to something: remoteness.
Editor: Mervin
Examples
- Being delivered into the charge of the ma?tresse, I was led through a long narrow passage into a foreign kitchen, very clean but very strange. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Chinese have little respect for foreign trade. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The foreign language, the limited time, the public display. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Foreign policy is the natural employment of courts and monarchies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Foreign locality, likely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Almost all countries exchange with one another, partly native and partly foreign goods. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The prohibition of the importation of foreign woollen is equally favourable to the woollen manufacturers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Reetch,' remarked the foreign gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It's easier when you have it said and there is never any point in referring to a son of a bitch by some foreign term. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It would appear, therefore, that it is principally foreign salt that is used in the fisheries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The foreign gentleman found it very large. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The reaper is still used extensively, especially in foreign countries. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Forty-Niners took revolvers to California, foreign governments sent orders for them, and armories were built in England and in Russia for their manufacture. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That alone was enough to make Machiavelli, the father of modern foreign policy, turn in his grave. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We cannot give our workmen a monopoly in the foreign, as we have done in the home market. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I should speak of foreign dancers, and the West End of London, and May Fair, and lords and ladies and honourables. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mais oui,' said the foreign gentleman, turning towards him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was a little particular of Providence,' said the foreign gentleman, laughing; 'for the frontier is not large. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I stayed but two months with my wife and family, for my insatiable desire of seeing foreign countries, would suffer me to continue no longer. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The americans have no troublesome Neighbors, they are without foreign Possessions, and do not want the alliance of any Nation, for this Reason they have nothing to do with foreign Politics. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If the treaty had reached, let us say, the French or Russian Foreign Office, you would expect to hear of it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I do so love foreign songs! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Typewriters for short hand characters, and for foreign languages, and for printing on record and blank books, are also among the modern developments of this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Some invincible repugnance to speak of such things to the strange foreign woman had checked the words on his lips. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The next morning Mr. Franklin had started for foreign parts. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the position of parts in the two figures the horizontal line, on which the foreign object lies, would be determined, but it would not indicate how deep in the object was, _i. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The foreign commerce of Portugal is of older standing than that of any great country in Europe, except Italy. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Oldenburg from Bremen acted as secretary (along with Wilkins) and carried on an extensive foreign correspondence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- If the produce of domestic can be brought there as cheap as that of foreign industry, the regulation is evidently useless. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Editor: Mervin