Extra
['ekstrə] or ['ɛkstrə]
Definition
(noun.) something additional of the same kind; 'he always carried extras in case of an emergency'.
(noun.) an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis).
(adj.) further or added; 'called for additional troops'; 'need extra help'; 'an extra pair of shoes' .
(adj.) added to a regular schedule; 'a special holiday flight'; 'put on special buses for the big game' .
(adv.) unusually or exceptionally; 'an extra fast car'.
Typed by Josephine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good; superior; as, extra work; extra pay.
(n.) Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary; something in addition to the regular charge or compensation, or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European hotels lights are extras.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Additional.[2]. Unusual, extraordinary.
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Definition
adj. beyond or more than the usual or the necessary: extraordinary: additional.—adv. unusually.—n. what is extra or additional as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum: something over and above the usual course or charge in a bill &c.: a special edition of a newspaper containing later news &c.—adjs. Ex′tra-condensed′ (print.) extremely narrow in proportion to the height; Ex′tra-con′stellary outside of the constellations; Extradō′tal not forming part of the dowry; Ex′tra-foliā′ceous (bot.) situated outside of or away from the leaves; Ex′tra-forā′neous outdoor; Ex′tra-judi′cial out of the proper court or beyond the usual course of legal proceeding.—adv. Ex′tra-judi′cially.—adjs. Ex′tra-lim′ital not found within a given faunal area: lying outside a prescribed area—also Extralim′itary; Ex′tra-mun′dane beyond the material world; Ex′tra-mū′ral without or beyond the walls; Ex′tra-offi′cial not being within official rights &c.; Ex′tra-parō′chial beyond the limits of a parish; Ex′tra-phys′ical not subject to physical laws; Ex′tra-profes′sional outside the usual limits of professional duty; Extr′a-pro′vincial outside the limits of a particular province; Ex′tra-reg′ular unlimited by rules; Ex′tra-sō′lar beyond the solar system; Ex′tra-trop′ical situated outside the tropics; Ex′tra-ū′terine situated outside the uterus; Extravas′cular situated outside of the vascular system.
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Examples
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If this extra cool air is used for cooling another batch of air under pressure, the latter upon expansion becomes still colder than the first batch expanded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then our regimental fund had run down and some of the musicians in the band had been without their extra pay for a number of months. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A hundred-foot film was considered extra long. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now, Tom, I've relieved you of any extra baggage, you see. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The extra work which is thrown upon the nervous system through seeing, reading, writing, and sewing with defective eyes is recognized by all physicians as an important cause of disease. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You will find an extra tumbler upon the sideboard, and there are cigars in the box. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wax of the ear is essential for flexibility of the ear drum; if an extra amount accumulates, it can be got rid of by bathing the ear in hot water, since the heat will melt the wax. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Obviously, one of the first necessities towards such quantity production is extra speed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Formerly Caroline Jellyby, spinster, then of Thavies Inn, within the city of London, but extra-parochial; now of Newman Street, Oxford Street. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Obviously statecraft is concerned with such a change, extra-political though it is. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If you'll tell me wen he wakes, I'll be upon the wery best extra-super behaviour! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I asked his advice as to what I should order, to which he replied: 'I don't think it will be necessary to order an extra top. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I would also reduce the number of guns to a battery, or the number of batteries, and put the extra teams to the guns taken. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He's extra-drilled, says Mr. Bagnet. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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