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.