foreign
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Sense 1
- adjective
- A1
coming from or having to do with a country that is not your own
Our company works with several foreign partners every month.
He can read three foreign languages but speaks only one.
The bank charges a small fee for foreign currency.
Foreign news fills the first ten minutes of the broadcast.
Common collocations: foreign language · foreign country · foreign currency · foreign policy · foreign affairs · foreign student · foreign trade
Part of: Countries and nationalities, Holidays, School and teaching, Media
Sense 2 · less common
- adjective
- B2
so different from what someone knows or feels that it does not seem to belong there
The thought of giving up was completely foreign to her.
Such rudeness is foreign to his quiet, gentle nature.
The doctor removed a foreign object from the boy's ear.
Common collocations: foreign to somebody · completely foreign · foreign body · foreign object
Part of: Attitudes and opinions, Personality, Illnesses and symptoms