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foreign | aline |

As an adjective foreign

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

As a noun foreign

is foreigner.

As a verb aline is

to form in line; to fall into line.

As an adverb aline is

in line.

As a proper noun Aline is

{{given name|female|from=French}} borrowed from French .

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 . }}

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    aline

    English

    Alternative forms

    * align

    Etymology 1

    From , (etyl) aligner .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To form in line; to fall into line.
  • To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1963
    • , year_published=2005 , edition=digitized , editor= , author=US National Bureau of Standards , title= , chapter= citation , genre=Science , publisher=US Govt. Printing Office , isbn= , page=69 , passage=Nuclear Orientation.' Studies made of the photoneutron cross section in the region of the giant resonance, using an ' alined holmium target, directly confirmed the theory that this cross section is associated with the two axes of the deformed nucleus. }}
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1975
    • , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Royal Society , title=Mathematical and Physical Sciences , chapter= citation , genre=Mathematics , publisher=Royal Society of London , isbn= , page=167 , passage=Field-alined electron intensities were not found in the low-altitude signature of the plasma sheet. }}
  • To adhere oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1977
    • , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Joint Publications Research Service , title=Translations on Sub-Saharan Africa , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher= , isbn= , page=34 , passage=The first item to be studied is the present status of the technical development of radio and television in the non-alined countries. }}

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in line
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2009-01-26
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Michele Wissot , authorlink= , title=New Year, New Numbers , site=Huffington Post citation , archiveorg= , accessdate= , passage=So instead of looking to the stock market for some quick fix, why not see what the stars have aline ? }}
    Derived terms
    * alinement

    Anagrams

    * English ergative verbs ----