Phrase Hound found 77 phrases and 19 compound words that contain foreign. The most common are listed below. Open foreign in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 77
- foreign policyA government's policy relating to relations with other nations and international organisations.
- foreign exchangeThe exchange of currency from one country for currency from another country.
- foreign countryAny country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- foreign currencyAny currency that is in use in a foreign nation, and an authorized medium of circulation and the basis for record-keeping in that nation.
- foreign affairsMatters or news occurring abroad.
- foreign ministerThe cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
- foreign languageA language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
- foreign tradeTrade that is conducted between a nation and other nations.
- foreign debtA debt that a country, an organization in a country, or a resident individual in a country owes to those in other countries.
- foreign keyA column (or group of columns) in a relational table that identifies another table, so that items in the two tables can be conceptually linked.
- foreign investmentInvestment by foreign nationals (including foreign corporations).
- foreign bodyAn unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.
- foreign aidA voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.
- foreign direct investmentA direct investment into the production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country, either by purchasing a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.
- foreign nationalA non-naturalized citizen of a country
- foreign agentSomeone who actively carries out the interests of a foreign country while located in another host country.
- Foreign investors
- foreign nationalsplural of foreign national: A non-naturalized citizen of a country
- foreign countriesplural of foreign country: Any country of which one is not a citizen. (This entry is a translation hub.)
- foreign exchange marketA market for trading one currency for another.
- Foreign students
- foreign-bornBeing born outside of one's country of residence.
- foreign ministersplural of foreign minister: The cabinet official in charge of relationships with foreign nations.
- foreign languagesplural of foreign language: A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
- Foreign OfficeA department of the British Government, headed by the Foreign Secretary, that is responsible for maintaining and developing Britain's diplomatic and trade relations with other countries, as well supporting its citizens and businesses …
Compound words 19
- foreignerA person from a foreign country.
- forexSyllabic abbreviation of foreign exchange.
- hyperforeignResulting from the misapplication of foreign reading rules, such as dropping the ‘t’ in claret.
- unforeignNot foreign.
- antiforeignOpposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
- foreignismA tendency to favor what is foreign.
- foreignistFavoring the foreign.
- foreignizeTo make foreign.
- foreigniseNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of foreignize.
- foreignizationThe process of making something foreign.