Meaning & Definition of Foreign in English

1. Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)

• "Foreign trade"

• "A foreign office"

2. 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. 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. Not belonging to that in which it is contained

• Introduced from an outside source

• "Water free of extraneous matter"

• "Foreign particles in milk"