foreign

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adjective

1. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) (Freq. 20)
- foreign trade
- a foreign office
• Ant:
domestic
• Similar to:
abroad, overseas, external, international, outside
• See Also:
international
2. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world (Freq. 10)
- foreign nations
- a foreign accent
- on business in a foreign city
• Syn:
strange
• Ant:
native
• Similar to:
adventive, alien, exotic, nonnative, established,
naturalized, foreign-born, imported, tramontane, unnaturalized, unnaturalised
• Attrubites:
foreignness, strangeness, curiousness, unfamiliarity
3. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something (Freq. 4)
- 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
• Syn:
alien
• Similar to:
extrinsic
• Derivationally related forms:
foreignness
4. not belonging to that in which it is contained;
introduced from an outside source (Freq. 1)
- water free of extraneous matter
- foreign particles in milk
• Syn:
extraneous
• Similar to:
adulterating, adulterant
• Derivationally related forms:
extraneousness (for: extraneous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  extraneous, alien, strange
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  native, domestic