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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
alien
/ˈeɪ.li.ən/
noun1 of 3
person or creature from a planet other than Earth
- “The aliens can detect all life forms in the area.”Tatoeba
- “This is not an alien, it's just a strange animal.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
verb2 of 3
To transfer the ownership of something.
adjective3 of 3
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)