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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

  • (..) -Okay, Buzz, when I say go, we're gonna jump in the basket. Buzz! -No! -Mom, if I eat all my pizza, can I have some alien slime? This cannot be happening to me. -A stranger. -From the outside. Greetings. I am Buzz Lightyear. I come in peace. (..)
    1995 Toy Story
  • (..) Hey, guys, look! It's the real Buzz Lightyear! You're mocking me, aren't you? Oh, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. Buzz, look, an alien! Where? Yes! It's Sid! Don't move! I thought he was at summer camp. (..)
    1995 Toy Story