extraterrestrial

/ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

lanky

VERB + EXTRATERRESTRIAL

claiming, found, learned, love, met, orbit, speak, think

EXTRATERRESTRIAL + NOUN

civilizations, colonists, creatures, culture, cultures, deportation, earth, girl

PREP.

about, during, in, on, with

ADV.

indeed

Definitions

adj

Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.

Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.

noun

A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.

Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

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Synonyms

noun — a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atm

alien

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

Wiktionary

Tom wrote a book about a young man who, in the distant future, falls in love with an extraterrestrial girl, during an invasion of the earth.

Tatoeba · #2857245

I've heard that they've found an extraterrestrial object on the moon.

Tatoeba · #3678675

Though some have been claiming ownership of extraterrestrial land, to include the Moon, are these claims bona fide?

Tatoeba · #4586196

Does extraterrestrial life exist?

Tatoeba · #5607231

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