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# alien

«alien» in Mova's school dictionary: **A creature from another planet, in stories and films** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an alien, aliens); adjective (alien)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A creature from another planet, in stories and films. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#m1)

2) (adjective) Strange and very different from what you know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#m2)

3) (formal, law) A person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#m3)

4) (science) An alien species is a plant or animal brought to a place where it does not naturally live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and science fiction: aliens land on Earth. In science: alien or invasive species harm local wildlife. In everyday life: the city felt alien to her. Phrases: alien to, an alien world, alien species, illegal alien (offensive to many; prefer "undocumented person").

### examples

- In the film, aliens came down in a spaceship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x1)
- Scientists look for alien life on other planets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x2)
- The big city felt alien to the boy from the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x3)
- Rabbits are an alien species in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x4)
- Cheating is alien to her nature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x5)
- The alien had three eyes and green skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/#x6)

### note

"An alien" (vowel sound). The legal sense can sound unkind when used about people; many prefer "foreign national" or "immigrant". No real aliens have been found — they are in stories so far. Verb: alienate (make someone feel left out).

### In the corpora

- [SETI scientists listen with radio telescopes for signals from intelligent life, but no confirmed alien signal has ever been found.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/26-exoplanets-and-the-search-for-life/14/)
- [And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.354/)
- [And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and aliens shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1322/)
- [I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1136/)
- [To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.49/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «alien» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alien/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.