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foreign

adj
/ˈfɒɹɪn/UK/ˈfɔɹɪn/US/ˈfɑɹɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”). The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

  1. derived from forās
  2. derived from *forānus✻
  3. derived from forain
  4. inherited from foreyn

Definitions

  1. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

    • foreign markets; foreign soil
    • He liked visiting foreign cities.

  2. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or…

    Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

    • foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade
    • There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.
    • The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.

  3. Relating to a different nation.

    • foreign policy; foreign navies
    • Plus, the Department of Justice has argued in the past that SGEs are subject to the emoluments clause, which means they cannot take payments from foreign governments.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

      • foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species

    2. Alien

      Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.

      • It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
      • [T]his deſign is not ſo foreign from ſome Peoples Thoughts, […]

    3. Held at a distance

      Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

      • Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.

    4. From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country.

    5. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

      • My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.

    6. Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

    7. A foreign person

      • The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns.

    8. A foreign vehicle

    9. An outhouse

      An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.

      • Ful foule ys þat forreyne Þat ys comoun for al certeyne.

    10. A foreign area

    11. Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiforeign, chamber foreign, doctrine of foreign equivalents, foreign accent syndrome, foreign affairs, foreign agent, foreign aid, foreign body, foreign-born, foreign correspondent, foreign country, foreign currency, foreigncy, foreign debt, foreign devil, foreign direct investment, foreigner, foreign exchange, foreign exchange certificate, foreign exchange market, foreign exchange risk, foreign fighter, foreign investment, foreignise, foreignism, foreignization, foreignize, foreign key, foreign language, foreign legion, foreignly, foreign minister, foreign money, foreign muck, foreign national, foreignness, Foreign Office, foreign policy, foreign portfolio investment, foreign secretary · +9 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at foreign. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at foreign. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at foreign

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA