alien (Meaning)
alien (n)
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
alien (v)
transfer property or ownership
alien (s)
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
alien (a.)
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign; as, alien subjects, enemies, property, shores.
Wholly different in nature; foreign; adverse; inconsistent (with); incongruous; -- followed by from or sometimes by to; as, principles alien from our religion.
alien (n.)
A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not possess the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.
One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged; as, aliens from God's mercies.
alien (v. t.)
To alienate; to estrange; to transfer, as property or ownership.
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alien Sentence Examples
- As the spacecraft landed, the astronauts cautiously stepped out onto the alien terrain, unsure of what to expect.
- The science fiction novel vividly described encounters with bizarre and otherworldly alien species.
- The government denied any knowledge of extraterrestrial life despite numerous reports of UFO sightings and possible alien encounters.
- In the eerie silence of the abandoned spaceship, the crew felt a sense of unease as if they were in the presence of something truly alien.
- The scientist dedicated their career to the search for signs of alien life in distant galaxies.
- The unusual rock formations on the distant planet seemed almost alien, challenging scientists to unravel their geological mysteries.
- The protagonist in the movie struggled to communicate with the alien visitors, leading to a tense and suspenseful storyline.
- Conspiracy theorists speculated that secret government facilities housed evidence of captured alien technology.
- The artist's surreal painting depicted a dreamlike landscape populated by strange and alien creatures.
- The concept of an alien civilization making contact with Earth has been a recurring theme in both scientific speculation and popular culture.
FAQs About the word alien
a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country, anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are
foreign, nonnative, external, introduced, multicultural, imported,international, exotic, foreign-born,naturalized
local, domestic, native,domestic, native, local, indigenous,indigenous,endemic, endemic
As the spacecraft landed, the astronauts cautiously stepped out onto the alien terrain, unsure of what to expect.
The science fiction novel vividly described encounters with bizarre and otherworldly alien species.
The government denied any knowledge of extraterrestrial life despite numerous reports of UFO sightings and possible alien encounters.
In the eerie silence of the abandoned spaceship, the crew felt a sense of unease as if they were in the presence of something truly alien.
