extra

[ ek-struh ]
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adjective
  1. beyond or more than what is usual, expected, or necessary; additional: an extra copy of a newspaper; an extra charge.

  2. larger or better than what is usual: an extra binding.

  1. Slang.

    • extremely good.

    • over the top; extreme or excessive: Her behavior is just so extra, so dramatic!

noun
  1. something extra or additional: the little amenities and extras that make life pleasant.

  2. an additional expense.

  1. a special edition of a newspaper, other than a regular edition.

  2. something of superior quality.

  3. Movies, Television. a person hired by the day to play a minor part, as a member of a mob or crowd.

  4. an additional worker.

  5. Usually extras. Cricket. a score or run not made from the bat, as a bye or a wide.

adverb
  1. in excess of the usual or specified amount: an extra high price.

  2. beyond the ordinary degree; unusually; uncommonly: done extra well; extra large.

Origin of extra

1
First recorded in 1770–80; by shortening of extraordinary

Other definitions for extra- (2 of 2)

extra-

  1. a prefix meaning “outside,” “beyond,” freely used as an English formative: extrajudicial; extraterritorial; extra-atmospheric.

Origin of extra-

2
<Latin, combining form of extrā (adv. and preposition) outside (of), without

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How to use extra in a sentence

  • Of course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.

    How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
  • Harry was Aunty Rosa's one child, and Punch was the extra boy about the house.

  • In the evening the little theatre is illuminated regardless of expense, a fabulous sum being expended on extra lamps.

  • Near noon I found a place where they'd cached two extra horses in the brush on Sage Creek.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • An extra 50,000 men to feed war-trained units already in the field is another, and very different, and very much better thing.

British Dictionary definitions for extra (1 of 2)

extra

/ (ˈɛkstrə) /


adjective
  1. being more than what is usual or expected; additional

noun
  1. a person or thing that is additional

  2. something for which an additional charge is made: the new car had many extras

  1. an additional edition of a newspaper, esp to report a new development or crisis

  2. films an actor or person temporarily engaged, usually for crowd scenes

  3. cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye

  4. US something that is better than usual in quality

adverb
  1. unusually; exceptionally: an extra fast car

Origin of extra

1
C18: perhaps shortened from extraordinary

British Dictionary definitions for extra- (2 of 2)

extra-

prefix
  1. outside or beyond an area or scope: extrasensory; extraterritorial

Origin of extra-

2
from Latin extrā outside, beyond, changed from extera, from exterus outward

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