Adj. | 1. | foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office" Antonyms: domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction" |
2. | foreign - 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" Antonyms: native - being such by origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" | |
3. | foreign - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "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" Synonyms: alien | |
4. | foreign - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" Synonyms: extraneous |
LAW, FOREIGN. By foreign laws are understood the laws of a foreign country. The states of the American Union are for some purposes foreign to each other, and the laws of each are foreign in the others. See Foreign laws.
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