Words with a similar base: foreign

'foreign'
[foreign.a.01] as in: of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)


Examples:
foreign trade
a foreign office



'foreign'
[foreign.a.02] as in: relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world


Examples:
foreign nations
a foreign accent
on business in a foreign city



'foreign'
[alien.s.01] as in: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something


Examples:
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



'foreign'
[extraneous.s.03] as in: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source


Examples:
water free of extraneous matter
foreign particles in milk



					

foreign (English)
└── forein (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── forain (Old French (842-ca. 1400))


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