foreign - English dictionary definition

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Foreign Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
Foreign Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits.
Foreign Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature.
Foreign Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
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"
foreign agent a spy for a foreign country
foreign aid aid such as economic or military assistance provided to one nation by another
foreign bill a bill of exchange that is drawn in one country and made payable in another
foreign correspondent a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a foreign country for publication or broadcast
foreign direct investment a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company

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