be foreign

Frequency: 9.0150.5 per million words

Used to state that someone or something is from a country that is not your own.

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Examples (10)

  • She is foreign, so she needs a visa to work here.
  • Many of our students are foreign, coming from over 30 countries.
  • The film was foreign but still became a box-office hit.
  • Will the documents be foreign or domestic?
  • His medical degree is foreign, so it must be recognized.
  • The investors are foreign, mainly based in Europe.
  • I didn't realize she was foreign until she showed her passport.
  • The currency they brought was foreign, so we exchanged it.
  • This car is foreign, not assembled locally.
  • Our guests will be foreign, so please prepare multilingual signs.