alien
IPA: ˈeɪɫiʌn
noun
- A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
- (sometimes derogatory) A person in a country not their own.
- Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
- One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.
- Alternative form of Alian [A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.]
verb
- (transitive) To estrange; to alienate.
- (law) To transfer the ownership of something.
adjective
- Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
- Very unfamiliar, strange, or removed.
- Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
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Examples of "alien" in Sentences
- The UFO sighting was believed to be evidence of extraterrestrial visitors, possibly an alien spacecraft
- The strange object found in the woods was declared by scientists to be of alien origin
- The eyewitness claimed to have seen a creature with green skin and multiple eyes, describing it as an alien being
- The sci-fi movie depicted a dystopian future where humans were at war with a powerful alien race
- Conspiracy theorists believe that the government is hiding evidence of alien encounters from the public
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