The meaning of Alien

adjective

Very strange or unusual.

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A bizarre situation

adjective

Strange and unusual

Usage examples:

That party was too bizarre for me!

adjective

Far away in space or time.

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Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

noun

A person who leaves their own country in order to settle permanently in another.

Usage examples:

She was a polish emigrant who came to scotland during the second world war

noun

A person who leaves a country permanently to live in another one

noun

Someone who leaves their country in order to live permanently in another country

Usage examples:

For a growing number of the world's emigrants, china - not the united states - is the land where op…

noun

A person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, typically for political reasons.

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Soviet émigrés and defectors

suffix

Forming nouns which were originally diminutives.

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Baronet

suffix

Forming nouns such as comet, and often denoting people.

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Athlete

abbreviation

(in north america) eastern time.

adjective

Originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.

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Exotic birds

noun

An exotic plant or animal.

Usage examples:

He planted exotics in the sheltered garden

adjective

Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.

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The external walls

noun

The outward features of something.

Usage examples:

The place has all the appropriate externals, such as chimneys choked with ivy

Happening or arising outside some limits or surface

adjective

Of or from outside the earth or its atmosphere.

Usage examples:

Searches for extraterrestrial intelligence

noun

A hypothetical or fictional being from outer space.

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Mars has long been considered not only difficult to explore but alluring, given its reputation as t…

adjective

Of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own.

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Foreign currency

adjective

Belonging or connected to a country that is not your own or is not the one you are in

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A foreign country, a foreign language

adjective

In or from a country that is not your own

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A foreign brand/company/firm the company represents some foreign brands as their agents or distribu…

noun

A person born in or coming from a country other than one's own.

Usage examples:

The bakery was popular with locals and foreigners alike

noun

A person who comes from another country

noun

A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

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They found it difficult to expel illegal immigrants

noun

A person who has come into a foreign country in order to live there

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My grandparents arrived here as immigrants from russia in 1910., his family immigrated to the unite…

noun

A person who has come to a country that is not their own in order to live there permanently

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Legal/illegal/undocumented immigrant arizona employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants face s…

noun

A person who has come to live in an area in which they have not grown up, especially in a close-knit rural community.

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An english incomer to orkney

combining form

Denoting a person with a specified level of income.

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Middle-incomer

adjective

Of or like the god jove (or jupiter).

noun

A hypothetical or fictional inhabitant of the planet jupiter.

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Galileo wrote of people living on jupiter, and how the moons of jupiter would appear to jovians, as…

adjective

Relating to the planet mars or its supposed inhabitants.

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The martian atmosphere

noun

A hypothetical or fictional inhabitant of mars.

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A nest of martians

adjective

Relating to the planet mars

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The martian atmosphere

noun

A person who has recently arrived in a place.

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She's a newcomer to the area

adjective

A non-native plant or animal is one that lives or grows in a place where it did not originally live or grow

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The river was stocked with a nonnative species of trout that is now preying on other fish., the bee…

noun

A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.

Usage examples:

The novels of jane austen

adjective

Interestingly new or unusual.

Usage examples:

He hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems

noun

A long, printed story about imaginary characters and events

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Literary/romance novels, a novel idea/suggestion

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

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An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Looking or sounding bizarre or unfamiliar.

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Outlandish, brightly coloured clothes

adjective

Strange and unusual

Usage examples:

She liked to dress in outlandish clothes.

noun

A person who does not belong to a particular organization or profession.

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To the outsider, glitzy fashion shows may seem an outrageous extravagance

noun

A person who is not involved with a particular group of people or an organization, or who does not live in a particular place

Usage examples:

I moved here three years ago, but i still feel like an outsider.

noun

Someone who is paid by a company or organization to do a particular job, but who is not a permanent employee

Usage examples:

In 2009, the company hired an outsider with marketing experience in an effort to revive its busines…

adverb

In or to a foreign country, especially one across the sea.

Usage examples:

He spent quite a lot of time working overseas

adjective

From, to, or relating to a foreign country, especially one across the sea.

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Overseas trips

adjective

In, from, or to countries that are across the sea

Usage examples:

The air force was recalling troops from overseas bases., i’ve had to travel overseas fairly often.

adjective

Different to what is normal or expected; strange.

Usage examples:

He gave her some very peculiar looks

noun

A parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the diocese in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch or an archbishop.

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Deans and canons of royal peculiars, notably westminster abbey and windsor

adjective

Unusual and strange

Usage examples:

The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar., kath…

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

Usage examples:

Children have some strange ideas

noun

A person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar.

Usage examples:

Don't talk to strangers

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

Usage examples:

Children have some strange ideas

noun

Someone not known or not familiar

Usage examples:

After being away so long, my sister seemed like a stranger., sorry, i can’t direct you – i’m a stra…

adjective

Unnatural or mysterious, especially in a disturbing way.

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Unearthly quiet

adjective

Strange and mysterious, and sometimes frightening

Usage examples:

The streetlights cast an unearthly glow in the thick fog., i was awakened at some unearthly hour by…

adjective

Not known or recognized.

Usage examples:

He felt a stranger among the crowd of unfamiliar faces

adjective

Not known or familiar.

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Exploration into unknown territory

noun

An unknown person or thing.

Usage examples:

She is a relative unknown

verb

Erase the memory or knowledge of (something, typically something unpleasant or distasteful).

Usage examples:

Once you have information about what’s in your genes, you can’t unknow it

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the planet venus.

Usage examples:

A venusian orbit

noun

A hypothetical or fictional inhabitant of the planet venus.

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A bald, purple venusian

noun

A person visiting someone or somewhere, especially socially or as a tourist.

Usage examples:

She's a frequent visitor to london

noun

Someone who visits a person or place

Usage examples:

You have some visitors to see you.