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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | forein, from Latin foris 'outside' |
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for‧eign S3 W1
1 from or relating to a country that is not your own : 
foreign studentsCan you speak any foreign languages? the success of foreign companies in various industries I thought she sounded foreign. transactions in foreign currencies
foreign studentsCan you speak any foreign languages?the success of foreign companies in various industriesI thought she sounded foreign.transactions in foreign currencies2 [only before noun] involving or dealing with other countries [≠ domestic]:
foreign investment/trade etc Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods. the Chinese Foreign Minister
Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.the Chinese Foreign Minister3
be foreign to somebody
formala) to seem strange to someone as the result of not being known or understood [= be alien to somebody]: The language of finance is quite foreign to me.
The language of finance is quite foreign to me.4 a piece of dirt, glass, or other material that has got inside something, especially someone's body, and that should not be there : cells that are designed to attack and destroy foreign bodies
foreign body/matter/object
formalcells that are designed to attack and destroy foreign bodies —foreignness noun [uncountable]
