extra
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹə/
The English word “extra” has 11 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- Extraordinarily good; superior.
- Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
adverb
- To an extraordinary degree.
noun
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
- A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends), as a form of punishment.
Etymology
Abbreviation of extraordinary.
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