Foreign | Mean of foreign in English Dictionary

/ˈforən/

• located outside a particular place or country and especially outside your own country
1. They've visited several foreign countries.
2. a foreign correspondent [=a journalist who reports from a foreign country]
• coming from or belonging to a different place or country
1. We don't get many foreign visitors.
2. Have you studied any foreign languages?
3. She has a foreign accent.
4. a foreign-born resident [=a resident who was born in a foreign country]
• relating to or dealing with other nations
1. matters of foreign policy
2. the ministry of foreign affairs
3. foreign aid/trade

• coming from outside
1. Dust and other foreign bodies can irritate the eyes.
2. The sample contained a foreign object.
• not known or familiar
1. a foreign concept
2. That concept is completely foreign to me.
3. That is foreign to my experience.