Download the app
educalingo
Search
Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.
Linda Chavez

Meaning of "foreign-born" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN-BORN

foreign-born  [ˈfɒrɪnˌbɔːn] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOREIGN-BORN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Foreign-Born is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FOREIGN-BORN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of foreign-born in the English dictionary

The definition of foreign-born in the dictionary is born in a foreign country; not born in one's resident country.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOREIGN-BORN


airborne
ˈɛəˌbɔːn
chairborne
ˈtʃɛəˌbɔːn
country-born
ˈkʌntrɪˌbɔːn
earthborn
ˈɜːθˌbɔːn
Eastbourne
ˈiːstˌbɔːn
freeborn
ˈfriːˌbɔːn
Glyndebourne
ˈɡlaɪndˌbɔːn
highborn
ˈhaɪˌbɔːn
last-born
ˈlɑːstˌbɔːn
newborn
ˈnjuːˌbɔːn
seaborne
ˈsiːˌbɔːn
shipborne
ˈʃɪpˌbɔːn
skyborn
ˈskaɪˌbɔːn
skyborne
ˈskaɪˌbɔːn
soilborne
ˈsɔɪlˌbɔːn
spaceborne
ˈspeɪsˌbɔːn
stillborn
ˈstɪlˌbɔːn
twinborn
ˈtwɪnˌbɔːn
waterborne
ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːn
winterbourne
ˈwɪntəˌbɔːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOREIGN-BORN

foreign draft
foreign exchange
foreign exchange market
foreign exchange rate
foreign investment
foreign legion
foreign minister
foreign ministry
foreign mission
foreign national
foreign office
foreign policy
foreign relations
foreign secretary
foreign service
foreign-owned
foreigner
foreignism
foreignly
foreignness

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOREIGN-BORN

born
Dearborn
first born
first-born
hagborn
inborn
lowborn
misborn
native-born
natural-born
Paderborn
preborn
reborn
stubborn
suborn
to the manner born
true-born
unborn
well-born

Synonyms and antonyms of foreign-born in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «foreign-born» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN-BORN

Find out the translation of foreign-born to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of foreign-born from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «foreign-born» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外国出生的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nacida en el extranjero
570 millions of speakers

English

foreign-born
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विदेशी का जन्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المولودين في الخارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

иностранного происхождения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nascido no estrangeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদেশী জন্ম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nés à l´étranger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelahiran asing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

im Ausland geboren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

外国生まれの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외국 출생
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lair manca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sinh ở nước ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளிநாட்டில் பிறந்தவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विदेशी जन्मलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yabancı yerde doğmuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nati all´estero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

urodzonych za granicą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іноземного походження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

născut în străinătate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γεννηθεί στο εξωτερικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

buitelandse - gebore
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utrikes födda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utenlandsfødte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of foreign-born

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN-BORN»

The term «foreign-born» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.756 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
80
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «foreign-born» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of foreign-born
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «foreign-born».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOREIGN-BORN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «foreign-born» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «foreign-born» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about foreign-born

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «FOREIGN-BORN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word foreign-born.
1
Linda Chavez
Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship.
2
Indra Nooyi
PepsiCo did not have a woman in the senior ranks, nor a foreign-born person who was willing to think differently.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOREIGN-BORN»

Discover the use of foreign-born in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to foreign-born and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Americans All!: Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I
Offering an exciting look at an unexplored area of military history, Americans All! Foreign-born Soldiers in World War I constitutes a work of special interest to scholars in the fields of military history, sociology, and ethnic studies.
Nancy Gentile Ford, 2001
2
Foreign-Born African Americans: Silences Voices in the ...
In this book immigrant minorities from Africa and the Caribbean tell their unique stories. These "new" Americans recount their travels in the American maze, and thus, allow their voices to be heard. Who really cares for these voices?
Festus E. Obiakor, Patrick A. Grant, 2005
3
Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: ...
Infusing Talent, Raising Issues. ς) α»3 ΑχβΛτρΒχαι θοθλ θοθΐίΐ ·ό!τυ3υ3ζτρτο ·5*η ζοζ ρθτχάϋΒ θλεχϊ 5αο3 -533020! ρυΒρετεδΡ υβζτρτουου 95θυρ ?ο 52332Εη&- 3Θαυρ :μηοο[Υ '986Χ-ε86Χ υτ ρυβοαβά 95-09 ορ Ζ16Τ υτ ρυβαιβοί οτ ΐΗαυ ...
‎1988
4
The Foreign-born Population of the United States, 1850 to 2000
From 1850 to 1930, the foreign-born population of the United States increased from 2.2 million to 14.2 million, reflecting large-scale immigration from Europe during most of this period.1 As a percentage of total population, the foreign-born  ...
Campbell Gibson, Kay Jung, 2006
5
Job Satisfaction of Foreign-born Faculty in Science and ...
To study the factors that affect faculty job satisfaction a very large and comprehensive National Science Foundation (NSF) dataset, the Survey of Doctoral Recipients (SDR), is employed.
Meghna Sabharwal, 2008
6
The Older Foreign-born Population in the United States, 2000
Forty-five percent of the older population with no health insurance is foreign born. In 1 999, almost all (99.2 percent) of the older native population and 94.0 percent of the older foreign born had health insurance for all or at least part of the year ...
Wan He, 2002
7
Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal ...
Their estimates were obtained using a ''residual'' methodology, whereby estimates of the legally resident foreign-born population as of January 1st were subtracted from the total foreign-born population at the same point in time. Estimates of ...
David Arthur Swanson, Dean H. Judson, 2011
8
Soothing the Establishment: The Impact of Foreign-Born ...
The book includes descriptions of the systems through which the foreign-born scientists and engineers flow, including the major gatekeeping roles played by graduate schools, the Educational Testing Service, and by U.S. corporations, and the ...
David S. North, 1995
9
Do We Belong Here? An Exploration of Foreign-born Faculty's ...
The first was to increase the understanding of foreign-born faculty's professional experiences through their expression of attachment to their working place and the second was to identify influencing factors that could either increase or impair  ...
Na Wei, 2008
10
Fertility patterns of native- and foreign-born women: ...
Annotation Glusker (epidemiology, U. of Washington and Seattle and King Country) examines the determinants of the fertility of immigrants as compared with native-born women in the US. She investigates whether the differentials are due to ...
Ann I. Glusker, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOREIGN-BORN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term foreign-born is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Robin van Persie: Why is the Super Lig attracting more foreign stars?
... has obviously been deemed a concerning issue for Turkish football along with dwindling attendances and the exits of existing foreign-born ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
2
Charlotte class helps immigrants become citizens - Charlotte Observer
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mecklenburg County is home to 43,000 foreign-born naturalized U.S. citizens. It's home to another ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
3
National Post View: Senate defence committee has some good …
It would cast all foreign-born or trained imams under suspicion. Islam is a global religion. Surely the senators did not mean to suggest that ... «National Post, Jul 15»
4
Crime wave hits Hout Bay - Crime & Courts | IOL News
On Thursday a group of foreign-born Imizamo Yethu residents scoured the area for Ngoy's killers. Police had urged them not to take the law into ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
5
Maiden names making a comeback - The Record
... older women who married before it was legal to keep their name and excluded foreign-born women, who are more likely to keep their names. «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
6
Twyford's 'racist', 'cynical' Chinese property buyer statistics de-bunked
"We know there's been a large portion of Asians buying property but there's no way to tell if they're one of three categories: NZ born, foreign-born NZ citizens or ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
7
New figures paint shocking picture of foreign Auckland house …
"We know there's been a large portion of Asians buying property but there's no way to tell if they're one of three categories: NZ born, foreign-born NZ citizens or ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
8
Auckland house - TVNZ
... buying property but there's no way to tell if they're one of three categories: NZ born, foreign-born NZ citizens or foreign-born foreign citizens. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
9
Woman throws epic tantrum after phone battery dies
"We know there's been a large portion of Asians buying property but there's no way to tell if they're one of three categories: NZ born, foreign-born NZ citizens or ... «TVNZ, Jul 15»
10
Report: Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native born
The share of the foreign-born population in the United States went up from almost 8 percent in 1990 to more than 13 percent in 2013. «Daily Democrat, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Foreign-Born [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/foreign-born>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z