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alien

Definition

  • noun: a person who was born in a different country and is not a citizen of the country in which he or she now lives
  • noun: a person of another family, race, or nation
  • verb: to make over (as property)
  • adjective: not familiar or like other things you have known
  • adjective: belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing
  • often + 'to'
  • synonyms: alienate, strange

Examples

  • The movie is a story about an attack on Earth by an army of 'alien' [='extraterrestrial'] monsters.

  • Honesty seems to be an 'alien' concept in that family. [=people in that family are not honest]

  • The whole idea of having a job was 'alien' [='unfamiliar, foreign'] 'to' him.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Maybe they came back for Chinese food. You know, Maureen Stapleton gets a craving... ...she's probably screaming at those aliens: "I gotta have a lo mein." Okay, what are we doing here? I have seen everything. Oh, yeah? I don't believe you've seen this. (..)
    1990 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Stakeout Season: 1 Episode 2