foreign meaning and definition

FOREIGN adjective

Definition of foreign (adjective)

1. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
   • "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
   • antonym: domestic
2. 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"
   • synonyms: strange
   • antonym: native
3. 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. 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