Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - foreign
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~ adj 1 not from your own country or the country you are talking about (Can you speak any foreign languages? | foreign tourists | I thought she sounded foreign.) 2 only before noun involving or dealing with other countries (America's foreign policy) 3 foreign body/matter/object formal something that has come into something else, and that should not be there (Make sure you remove all foreign matter from the wound.) 4 foreign to formal a) not typical of someone's usual character (Any form of cruelty is foreign to his nature.) b) seeming strange and unfamiliar (The idea of doing something just for pleasure is quite foreign to them.) - foreignness n
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Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something or someone that is foreign comes from or relates to a country that is not your own. ...in Frankfurt, where a quarter of the population is foreign... She was on her first foreign holiday without her parents. ...a foreign language... It is the largest ever private foreign investment in the Bolivian mining sector. ADJ 2. In politics and journalism, foreign is used to describe people, jobs, and activities relating to countries that are not the country of the person or government concerned. ...the German foreign minister... I am the foreign correspondent in Washington of La Tribuna newspaper of Honduras. ...the effects of US foreign policy in the ‘free world’. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A foreign object is something that has got into something else, usually by accident, and should not be there. (FORMAL) The patient’s immune system would reject the transplanted organ as a foreign object. ADJ: usu ADJ n 4. Something that is foreign to a particular person or thing is not typical of them or is unknown to them. The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English forein, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin foranus on the outside, from Latin foris outside — more at forum Date: 13th century 1. situated outside a place or country; especially situated outside one's own country 2. born in, belonging to, or characteristic of some place or country other than the one under consideration 3. of, relating to, or proceeding from some other person or material thing than the one under consideration 4. alien in character ; not connected or pertinent 5. related to or dealing with other nations 6. a. occurring in an abnormal situation in the living body and often introduced from outside a ~ body lodged in the esophagus b. not recognized by the immune system as part of the self ~ proteins 7. not being within the jurisdiction of a political unit (as a state) Synonyms: see extrinsic • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 of or from or situated in or characteristic of a country or a language other than one's own. 2 dealing with other countries (foreign service). 3 of another district, society, etc. 4 (often foll. by to) unfamiliar, strange, uncharacteristic (his behaviour is foreign to me). 5 coming from outside (a foreign body lodged in my eye). Phrases and idioms foreign aid money, food, etc. given or lent by one country to another. foreign exchange 1 the currency of other countries. 2 dealings in these. foreign legion a body of foreign volunteers in an army (esp. the French army). foreign minister (or secretary) a government minister in charge of his or her country's relations with other countries. foreign office a government department dealing with other countries. Derivatives foreignness n. Etymology: ME f. OF forein, forain ult. f. L foras, -is outside: for -g- cf. sovereign ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) инонациональный 2) иноплеменный 3) иностранный 4) посторонний 5) примесный - foreign body - foreign matter - foreign object - foreign particle ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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иностранный, зарубежный FOREIGN прил. иностранный, зарубежный, внешний, заграничный, чужеземный - Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States - agent in a foreign country - company under foreign ownership - conversion of foreign currency - direct foreign investment - foreign assets - foreign bank - foreign banks - foreign branch - foreign commerce - foreign country - foreign currency - foreign element - foreign markets - foreign national - foreign note - foreign patent - foreign payoff - foreign persons - foreign power - foreign relations - foreign sale - foreign service - foreign state - foreign subsidiary - foreign tax credit - foreign trade - foreign trade agreement - foreign trade bank - foreign trade policy - foreign trade turnover - foreign trade zone - foreign trading - foreign-economic activity - foreign-trade operations - foreign-trade price - holdings Syn: alien, offshore ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. иностранный, чужеземный; заграничный, зарубежный foreign langauge —- иностранный язвк foreign customs —- чужеземные обычаи a person of foreign birth —- уроженец иностранного государства goods of foreign make —- товары, произведенные за границей; иностранные (чужеземные) товары 2. внешний, иностранный foreign minister —- министр иностранных дел foreign trade —- внешняя торговля foreign news —- зарубежные новости; сообщения из-за границы foreign periodical —- зарубежное периодическое издание outgoing foreign mail —- почта за границу 3. незнакомый; чужой the name was foreign to me —- его имя было мне незнакомо 4. (to) чуждый, несоответствующий foreign to the purpose —- не отвечающий данной цели the question is foreign to the matter in hand —- вопрос не относится к рассматриваемому делу deceit is foreign to his nature —- обман несвойствен его натуре 5. спец. чужеродный, инородный; привнесенный, посторонний foreign substance —- примесь Id: foreign attachment —- юр. арест имущества иностранца (в обеспечение сделанных им в Англии долгов) Id: foreign letter-paper —- тонкая почтовая бумага ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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exchange иностранная валюта; переводный вексель FOREIGN adj. 1) иностранный; зарубежный - foreign policy - foreign problems - Foreign Office - Foreign Secretary - foreign service - foreign economic relations - foreign traffic 2) чужой, нездешний 3) чуждый lying is foreign to his nature - ложь не в его характере 4) не относящийся к делу; несоответствующий foreign to the matter in hand - не имеющий отношения к данному вопросу 5) med.; chem. инородный FOREIGN economic relations внешнеэкономические связи FOREIGN traffic международное сообщение FOREIGN news сообщения из-за границы FOREIGN Office министерство иностранных дел (в Англии) FOREIGN policy внешняя политика FOREIGN problems вопросы внешней политики FOREIGN Secretary министр иностранных дел (в Англии) FOREIGN service дипломатическая служба ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1250, ferren, foreyne, from O.Fr. forain, from L.L. foranus "on the outside, exterior," from L. foris "outside," lit. "out of doors," related to fores "door;" spelling altered 17c. perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Originally used literally; sense of "not in one's own land" is early 15c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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