Foreign — For eign, a. [OE. forein, F. forain, LL. foraneus, fr. L. foras, foris, out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and E. door. See {Door}, and cf. {Foreclose}, {Forfeit}, {Forest}, {Forum}.] 1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreign — for·eign adj: not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (as a state); esp: being from or in a state other than the one in which a matter is being considered a foreign company doing business in South Carolina a foreign executor… … Law dictionary
Foreign — may refer to:*Foreign corporation, a corporation that can do business outside its jurisdiction *Foreign key, a constraint in a relational database *Foreign language, a language not spoken by the people of a certain place *Foreign policy, how a… … Wikipedia
foreign — UK US /ˈfɒrɪn/ adjective ► in or from a country that is not your own: a foreign brand/company/firm »The company represents some foreign brands as their agents or distributors. foreign capital/debt/investment »The country needs to attract foreign… … Financial and business terms
foreign — foreignly, adv. foreignness, n. /fawr in, for /, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars. 2. of or pertaining to contact or dealings with other countries; connected with foreign affairs. 3.… … Universalium
foreign — adj. 1 not coming from your own country VERBS ▪ be, look, sound ▪ The name sounded foreign. ADVERB ▪ slightly ▪ … Collocations dictionary
foreign — adjective /ˈfɒɹən,ˈfɔːɹən/ a) From a different country. foreign students b) Belonging to a different culture. Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him Syn … Wiktionary
Foreign — 1. A non U.S. company with securities trading on the North American market. 2. In general, any corporation organized under the laws of another country. 1. From an American s perspective, foreign means pretty much everything outside the United… … Investment dictionary
foreign — for·eign fȯr ən, fär adj 1) occurring in an abnormal situation in the living body and often introduced from outside <a foreign body lodged in the esophagus> 2) not recognized by the immune system as part of the self <foreign… … Medical dictionary
foreign — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adventitious, alien, apart, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, curious, detached, disconnected, discrete, disjunct, disrelated, dissociated, distant, distasteful, exotic, exterior, external, exterrestrial,… … Moby Thesaurus
