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Look up: foreign

  1. foreign
    [adj] - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) 2. [adj] - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. foreign
    the tax chargeable under the tax laws of an overseas country Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • aid from the viewpoint of the donor country Category: Economics • such attribute(or set of attributes)of a relation R1,that it is a key attribute(or set of key attributes)of another relation R2 Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Foreign
    For'eign adjective [ Middle English forein , French forain , Late Latin foraneus , from Latin foras , foris , out of doors, abroad, without; akin to fores doors, and English door . See Door , and confer Foreclose , Forfeit , Forest , Forum .] 1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign< ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/59

  4. foreign
    1. Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. 'Foreign worlds.' ... 2. Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. 'Domestic and foreign writers.' 'Hail, foreign wonder! Whom certain these roug ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Foreign
    `Foreign` can mean: *Foreigner *Foreign corporation *Foreign language *Foreign policy *Foreign Policy, a magazine
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign

  6. foreign
    (for´әn) not normal or usual to a place. in immunology, pertaining to substances not recognized as “self” and capable of inducing an immune response. foreign body reaction a granulomatous inflammatory response evoked by the presence of a foreign body in the...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  7. Foreign
    • (a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits. • (a.) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled. • (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government. • (a.) Remote; distant; st...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. foreign
    foreign 1. From Latin foras, 'outside'; Late Latin foranus, 'on the outside'; Old French forain, Middle English foreine. 2. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city. 3. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom. 4. Conducted or involved with other nations or gover...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. foreign
    A non-U.S. company with securities trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
    Found on http://www.finra.org/Glossary/index.htm


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