1. (

• foreign ,

) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office" ;

2. (

• foreign ,
• strange ,

) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" ;

3. (

• alien ,
• foreign

) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" ;

4. (

• extraneous ,
• foreign

) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" ;