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Meaning of foreign mission

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

foreign

Pronunciation:/ˈfɒɹən//ˈfɔɹən/

noun

Definitions

  1. A foreign person, particularly:

  2. A foreign ship.

  3. Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.

  4. A foreign area, particularly:

adjective

Definitions

  1. Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

    Example: He liked visiting foreign cities.

  2. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.

    Example: There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

  3. Relating to a different nation.

    Example: foreign policy; foreign navies

  4. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.

    Example: foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species