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aboard | foreign |

In obsolete terms the difference between aboard and foreign

is that aboard is across; athwart; alongside while foreign is held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

As an adverb aboard

is on board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

As a preposition aboard

is on board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.

As an adjective foreign is

located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

As a noun foreign is

foreigner.

aboard

English

Adverb

(-)
  • On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
    • We all climbed aboard .
  • On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.
    • To sling a saddle aboard .
  • (baseball) On base.
    • He doubled with two men aboard , scoring them both.
  • Into a team, group, or company.
    • The office manager welcomed him aboard .
  • (nautical) Alongside.
    • The ships came close aboard to pass messages.
    to fall aboard of. (also figuratively)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
    • , author=William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter , title=The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , volume=100, issue=2, page=87 , magazine= , url=http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-british-longitude-act-reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.}}
    We all went aboard the ship.
  • Onto a horse.
  • (obsolete) Across; athwart; alongside.
  • * 1591 , Edmund Spenser, Virgil's Gnat
    • Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. -

    Derived terms

    (definitions belong in separate entries) Nautical : * fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of. * haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses. * keep the land aboard, to hug the shore. * , to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.

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    foreign

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
    • foreign''' markets''; '''''foreign soil
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
    • foreign''' car''; '''''foreign''' word''; '''''foreign''' citizen''; '''''foreign trade
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-24, volume=408, issue=8850, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Guardian warriors and golden eggs , passage=Foreign' companies love to complain about doing business in China.
  • Relating to a different nation.
    • foreign''' policy''; '''''foreign navies
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
    • foreign''' body''; '''''foreign''' substance''; '''''foreign''' gene''; '''''foreign species
  • Alien; strange.
    • It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Jonathan Swift)
    • This design is not foreign from some people's thoughts.
  • (label) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
    • Kept him a foreign man still; which so grieved him, / That he ran mad and died.
  • From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
  • Belonging to a different organization, company etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (from a different country) overseas, international * (strange) alien, fremd * (in a place where it does not belong) extraneous

    Antonyms

    * (from a different country) domestic * (not characteristic) native * (native to an area) indigenous

    Derived terms

    {{der3, foreign body , foreign correspondent , foreign country , , foreign debt , foreign exchange , foreignize , foreignization , foreign key , foreignness , foreigner , foreign tongue , foreign policy , Foreign Office}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) foreigner
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=August 30 , author= , title=White House Extremely Worried About People Saying Dumb Stuff on 9/11 , work=Gawker citation , page= , passage=The messaging instructions come in two sets: one for domestics, another for the foreigns . }}

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