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Foreign   /fˈɔrən/  /fˈɑrən/   Listen
Foreign

adjective
1.
Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own).  "A foreign office"
2.
Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.  Synonym: strange.  "A foreign accent" , "On business in a foreign city"
3.
Not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.  Synonym: alien.  "The mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper" , "Jealousy is foreign to her nature"
4.
Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.  Synonym: extraneous.  "Foreign particles in milk"



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"Foreign" Quotes from Famous Books



... compared with him every Sunday morning was full of astute analysis and wit; her little picture of the gloomy young theological student, Latimer, his efforts for his sister, and her innocent, pathetic death in a foreign land had a wonderful realism of touch. She had by pure accident made the child's acquaintance and had been strongly touched and moved. She did not write often, but he read her letters ...
— In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... of those foreign brethren who have recently taken part in our ministry, we deem it just to remark, that the term American was employed in reference to our church, many years before the existence of the political party now ...
— American Lutheranism Vindicated; or, Examination of the Lutheran Symbols, on Certain Disputed Topics • Samuel Simon Schmucker
... follows the most important movements of foreign politics but devotes chief attention to questions of present interest in the United States. Every article is signed and expresses simply the personal view of the writer. Scholarly reviews and brief book ...
— The Enclosures in England - An Economic Reconstruction • Harriett Bradley
... went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny. The reaction of his senses and superficial habits of mind against something new, and to him abnormal, is a perfectly healthy ...
— What I Saw in America • G. K. Chesterton
... of the law term "premunire," meaning that the soul has trusted in a foreign jurisdiction, incurred God's anger, and forfeited its liberty ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan


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