alien

[US]/ˈeɪliən/
[UK]/ˈeɪliən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. foreign, unfamiliar
n. extraterrestrial, foreigner

Phrases & Collocations

alien from

Example Sentences

They are alien people.

a priory alien (=an alien priory)

an inimical alien power.

It is alien to the school discipline.

An Englishman is an alien in America.

Jim is an alien in this film.

an alien, or a transmarine stranger.

principles that are alien to them.

Their ideas are alien to our way of thinking.

Their ideas are quite alien to our own.

Orange trees are alien to China.

He quickly adjusts to the alien environment.

an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism.

the day-to-day unpleasantries of dealing with an alien administration.

Like two aliens getting smoochy!

The effect was entirely alien from what had been intended.

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