for´eign|ness

for|eign «FR uhn, FOR-», adjective.

1. outside one's own country: »

She has traveled much in foreign countries.

2. coming from outside one's own country: »

a foreign ship, a foreign language, foreign money.

3. having to do with other countries; carried on or dealing with other countries: »

foreign trade, foreign service.

4. not belonging; not related; unfamiliar; strange: »

Sitting still is foreign to a healthy boy's nature. The customs of Australian bushmen seem foreign to us.

5. not related to the matter that is being discussed or considered. SYNONYM(S): irrelevant.

6. not belonging naturally to the place where found: »

a foreign object in the eye, a foreign substance in the blood.

7. Law. falling outside the jurisdiction of a particular country.

8. belonging to or coming from other persons or things: »

a statement supported by foreign testimony.

╂[< Old French forain < Late Latin forānus on the outside, exterior < tin forās outside < foris door]

–for´eign|ly, adverb.

–for´eign|ness, noun.