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   A·li·en

   /ˈālyən/

   

   adjective

   • 1. belonging to a foreign country or nation. Similar foreignoverseasnonnativeexternaldistantremoteOpposite native
   • ▪ unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful: "bossing anyone around was alien to him" Similar unfamiliarunknownunheard offoreignstrangepeculiaroddbizarreoutlandishremoteexoticnovelincompatible withunusual foropposed toconflicting withcontrary toadverse toin conflict withat variance withantagonistic tounacceptable torepugnant tohostile toinimical torare:oppugnant toOpposite familiarfamiliar
   • ▪ relating to or denoting beings supposedly from other worlds; extraterrestrial: "an alien spacecraft" Similar extraterrestrialotherworldlyunearthlyMartianVenutianJovianOpposite earthly
   • ▪ (of a plant or animal species) introduced from another country and later naturalized.

   noun

   • 1. a foreigner, especially one who is not a naturalized citizen of the country where they are living: "an illegal alien" Similar foreignerforeign nationalnonnativeimmigrantemigrantémigréincomernewcomervisitoroutsiderstrangerOpposite native
   • ▪ a hypothetical or fictional being from another world. Similar extraterrestrialETMartianVenutianJovianinformal:little green man
   • ▪ a plant or animal species originally introduced from another country and later naturalized.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. alienness noun

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   The meaning of ALIEN is belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange. How to use alien in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Alien.

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   ALIEN meaning: 1. relating to creatures from another planet: 2. strange and not familiar: 3. coming from a…. Learn more.

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   noun. a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he lives; foreigner. any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists. (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial. adjective. unnaturalized; foreign. having foreign allegiance. alien territory.

5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › alienAlien - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   noun. a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere. synonyms: extraterrestrial, extraterrestrial being. see more. adjective. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something. “an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism”. synonyms: foreign. extrinsic.

6. www.britannica.com › dictionary › alienAlien Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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   ALIEN meaning: 1 : not familiar or like other things you have known different from what you are used to often + to; 2 : from another country foreign.

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › alien_adjalien, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

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   There are 15 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word alien. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishALIEN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. a person owing allegiance to a country other than that in which he or she lives; foreigner. 2. any being or thing foreign to the environment in which it now exists. 3. (in science fiction) a being from another world, sometimes specifically an extraterrestrial. adjective.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishALIEN | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   ALIEN definition: 1. strange and not familiar: 2. relating to creatures from another planet: 3. a creature from…. Learn more.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishalien noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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    a creature from another world. Definition of alien noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

11. www.thefreedictionary.com › alienAlien - definition of alien by The Free Dictionary

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    1. Owing political allegiance to another country or government; foreign: alien residents. 2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign. 3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament. n. Law. 1.