alien

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noun

1 non-citizen

ADJECTIVE

▪ enemy

▪

During the war, he was imprisoned as an enemy alien.

▪ illegal, undocumented (AmE)

▪

Illegal aliens are usually deported to their country of origin.

▪ criminal (AmE)

▪ undesirable

▪ resident

VERB + ALIEN

▪ deport

▪

The provisions would broaden the government's ability to deport aliens.

▪ apprehend, arrest, detain (all esp. AmE)

▪ hire (esp. AmE)

▪

It is illegal for employers to hire aliens not authorized for employment. (AmE)

2 creature from another planet

ADJECTIVE

▪ space

▪

Do you genuinely believe that space aliens have landed on our planet?

▪ giant

▪ intelligent

▪

Few movies represent intelligent aliens as physically different from humans.

ALIEN + VERB

▪ abduct, kidnap

▪

He was convinced that he'd been abducted by aliens.

▪ invade

▪

In the movie aliens invade Earth.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, feel, seem

▪ become

▪ find sth

▪

It was an act of violence that she found alien and shocking.

ADVERB

▪ so, very

▪ completely, entirely, totally, utterly

▪ quite, somewhat

▪ essentially

▪

What is it like to live in an essentially alien culture?

PREPOSITION

▪ to

▪

They spoke a language totally alien to him.

Alien is used with these nouns: ↑being, ↑concept, ↑creature, ↑culture, ↑encounter, ↑environment, ↑land, ↑menace, ↑monster, ↑planet, ↑presence, ↑race, ↑smuggling, ↑species, ↑territory, ↑world