Alien - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈeɪlɪən|  American pronunciation of the word alien
Brit.  |ˈeɪlɪən|  British pronunciation of the word alien

noun

- a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country (syn: foreigner, outlander)
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found (syn: stranger, unknown)
- a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere (syn: extraterrestrial)

verb

- transfer property or ownership (syn: alienate)
The will aliened the property to the heirs

adjective

- not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something (syn: foreign)
an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism
- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world (syn: exotic)
alien customs

Extra examples

...new immigrants with customs alien to the community where they have settled...

...it's completely alien to her nature to wish evil of anyone...

He claims that he was captured by space aliens.

...such emotional cruelty will rapidly alien any friends you might possibly have left...

...the couple plans to alien the adjoining house lot to their eldest son...

It's alien to my thoughts.

The will aliened the property to the heirs

...we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien...

...some fruitcake who insisted that he was an alien from another planet...

An alien and uncomprehending Jumble world.

Ambition is alien to his nature.

There are some memorable one-liners in every Woody Alien film.

Word forms

noun
singular: alien
plural: aliens
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