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  1. 1. a. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world Source: wordnet
  7. 7. adj. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something Source: wordnet
  8. 8. adj. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source Source: wordnet
  9. 9. j:100 a. of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) a. relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world Source: ecdict

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