extra
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈɛkstɹə/
extra (not comparable)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- I don't mind doing some extra work, as long as I get extra pay.
- (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
- (slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
- You unfollowed her for posting cat memes? You're so extra!
- 2017, Yael Livnch, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23 ↗:
- I highly recommend getting some more bread on the side—they offer small loaves and soup crackers for free, but I'm so extra, I bought my own loaf.
- 2017, Claire Craig, "#Instabeauty", Northern Woman, November 2017, page 48 ↗:
- Shattered glass, pierced, bejewelled, chromed and glittered - nails are going totally extra on Insta at the minute and we approve.
- 2019, Michelle Spottswood, quoted in Kirby Myers, "Does Christmas in your house start before or after Thanksgiving", Key West Weekly, 21 November 2019, page 7 ↗:
- Two months of Christmas trees, Christmas movies and Christmas music brings so much fun to our home, we are so extra with it!
- French: supplémentaire
- Italian: extra
- Portuguese: extra
- Russian: дополни́тельный
- Spanish: extra, exceso, adicional
- Russian: что́-то с че́м-то
extra (not comparable)
- (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
- That day he ran to school extra fast.
- French: particulièrement
- German: besonders
- Italian: eccezionalmente, straordinariamente
- Portuguese: extremamente
- Russian: осо́бенно
- Spanish: extremadamente
extra (plural extras)
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- Synonyms: addition, supplement
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle.
- Extra, extra! Read all about it!
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- Synonyms: sundry
- (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- (something additional) See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- French: hors-série
- Russian: э́кстренный вы́пуск
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