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   For·eign

   /ˈfôrən/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own: "a foreign language" Similar overseasdistantremotefar offfar flungexternaloutsidealiennonnativeadventitiousOpposite domestic
   • ▪ dealing with or relating to other countries: "foreign policy"
   • ▪ of or belonging to another district or area: "a visit to a foreign clan"
   • ▪ coming or introduced from outside: "the quotation is a foreign element imported into the work"
   • ▪ (of a law or restriction) outside the local jurisdiction.
   • 2. strange and unfamiliar: "I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you" Similar unfamiliarunknownunheard ofstrangealienexoticoutlandishoddpeculiarcuriousbizarreweirdqueerfunnynovelnewOpposite familiar
   • ▪ not belonging to or characteristic of: "crime and brutality are foreign to our nature and our country" Similar irrelevantnot pertinentinappropriateinappositeextraneousunrelatedunconnectedoutsidedistant fromremote fromdisconnected fromdifferent fromrare:extrinsicOpposite relevant

   Word Origin Middle Englishforen, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th century, by association with sovereign.

   Derivatives

   • 1. foreignness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

     4

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • I

     1

   • G

     2

   • N

     1

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