foreign

adjective · nounB1

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more foreignmost foreign

Superlative

foraneforraine

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 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.
3.
Relating to a different nation.
foreign policy; foreign navies
4.
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
5.
(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
6.
(obsolete)Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
7.
(Canada, US)(US, Canada, law) From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country.
8.
Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM.
9.
(obsolete)Outside, outdoors, outdoor.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

foreignsforaneforraine

1.
A foreign person, particularly:
2.
A foreign vehicle, particularly:
3.
(obsolete)An outhouse; an outdoor toilet.
Đồng nghĩa: backhouse, backside, bog, boggard, boghouse, carsey, chamber foreign, common house, commons, Cousin John, craphouse, danna, draught, draught-house, dunnekin, dunny, earth closet, foreign, gang, gingerbread office, gong, gonghouse, House of Commons, house of ease, house of easement, house of office, issue, jacques, jakes, jakeshouse, johnny house, karzy, khazi, kocay, little house, long drop, longhouse, necessary, necessary house, necessary place, necessary vault, neddy, netty, outhouse, passage house, petty, petty-house, privy, privy house, purging place, retreat, shield, shithouse, shouse, siege, siegehouse, thunderbox, usual offices, vault, wardrobe, withdraught
4.
A foreign area, particularly:
5.
(abbreviation, alt of)Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

backhousebackside bogboggardboghousecarseychamber foreigncommon housecommonsCousin Johncraphousedanna draughtdraught-housedunnekindunnyearth closetganggingerbread officegong

Trái nghĩa

domestic nativeindigenousfrom a different country domesticnot characteristic nativenative to an area indigenous

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antiforeignforeign specieschamber foreigndoctrine of foreign equivalentsforeign accent syndromeforeign affairsforeign agentforeign aidforeign bodyforeign-bornforeign correspondentforeign countryforeign currencyforeigncyforeign debtforeign devilforeign portfolio investmentforeign direct investmentforeignerforeign exchange

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English foreyn,forein, from Old French forain, from *forānus (outsider, outlander), from Latin forās (outside, outdoors) or forīs (outside, outdoors).