Collocations for "foreign"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "foreign" in context.
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foreign
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a foreign [resident, invasion, national, visitor, tourist, passport, car, ID]
- a foreign [language, tongue, exchange]
- [speaks with, has] a foreign accent
- foreign exchange [student, partner]
- in a foreign [land, country, city]
- is foreign in this [land]
- foreign [investment, affairs, policy, reserves, debt]
- the Foreign [Minister, Secretary, Office]
- foreign [matter, body, ingredients]
- foreign to our [decision, organization, discussion]
- is [all, completely] foreign to me
'foreign' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
British
- acquisition
- advisory
- agreement
- aid
- allocation
- beer
- businessman
- capital
- committee
- comprehension
- conservative
- constraint
- correspondence
- country
- culture
- currency
- custom
- dealing
- deep
- dependent
- deputy
- differ
- difficulty
- domestic
- dove
- employ
- equivalent
- expel
- film
- finance
- flawed
- flower
- fluency
- food
- franchise
- freedom
- gateway
- good
- guideline
- hamper
- history
- immerse
- import
- innocent
- instruct
- intervention
- investment
- investor
- inward