Foreign and General

Foreign

Foreign adjective - Being, relating to, or characteristic of a country other than one's own.

General and foreign are semantically related. In some cases you can use "General" instead an adjective "Foreign".

Nearby Word: foreigner

General

General adjective - Belonging or relating to the whole.

Foreign and general are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreign" instead an adjective "General".

Both words in one sentence

  • As Long as It Sounds Foreign In general, when a choir is used in a popular song (or a film score), the lyrics will be either gibberish or English sung/pronounced in such a way that it sounds foreign.
  • Non-specific accents, various ambiguous foreign cultural signifiers, a touch of Brownface and general shiftiness.
  • Made in Country X This was more of a specific jab at the Yugo than at foreign products in general, though.
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