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extra
English
Etymology
Abbreviation of extraordinary.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??kst??/
- Hyphenation: ex?tra
Adjective
extra (not comparable)
- Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- (dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
- (slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
- 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!
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:extra.
- 2017, Yael Livnch, "Whole Foods", in "Get The Inside Soup: Staffers Review Local Soup Stops", 3 February 2017, page 23:
Derived terms
- extraness
Translations
Adverb
extra (not comparable)
- (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
Translations
Noun
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.
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- Synonym: sundry
- (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (something additional): See also Thesaurus:adjunct
Derived terms
- wuxtry
Translations
Derived terms
- extra credit
Anagrams
- Artex, retax, taxer
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
extra (not comparable)
- extra
- (Limburg) on purpose
Inflection
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: ekstra
See also
- expres
French
Adjective
extra (plural extras)
- extra, additional
- great, super, famous
Noun
extra m or f (plural extras)
- extra, supplement
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ks.t?a/
Adjective
extra (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of extra- (“extra, special, additional”)
Usage notes
- In formal standard German, extra- is a prefix attached to the following noun. In colloquial German, however, it is often treated like a real adjective. The substantival (or partitive) form used with indefinite pronouns may also take -s: was Extras (“something additional, something on top”).
Adverb
extra
- specifically (for a given purpose)
- Synonym: eigens
- (colloquial) on purpose
- Synonyms: absichtlich, mit Absicht
- (colloquial) aside, apart, separately
- Synonyms: einzeln, getrennt, separat
- (colloquial) particularly, very
- Synonyms: besonders, sehr
Usage notes
- In the sense of “specifically”, extra has entered the standard language and is now frequently seen in writing. The other senses remain colloquial.
Hungarian
Etymology
From German extra, from Latin extra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??kstr?]
- Hyphenation: ext?ra
- Rhymes: -r?
Adjective
extra (comparative extrább, superlative legextrább)
- extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional)
Declension
Noun
extra (plural extrák)
- luxury features (e.g. in vehicles)
Declension
References
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekstra/, /e?ztra/
Adjective
extra
- extra
Italian
Adjective
extra (invariable)
- extra
- select (best quality)
Noun
extra m (invariable)
- extra (something additional)
Latin
Etymology
Adverb contracted from the ablative exter? (parte), of exter.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ek.stra?/, [??ks?(t?)?ä?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ek.stra/, [??kst???]
Preposition
extr? (+ accusative)
- outside of
- beyond
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- extra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- extra in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?es.t??/
Adjective
extra m or f (plural extras, comparable)
- extra (beyond what is due, usual, expected or necessary)
- Synonym: adicional
Noun
extra m (plural extras)
- anything that is extra
- bonus (extra amount of money given as a premium)
- Synonym: bónus
Noun
extra m, f (plural extras)
- (film) extra; walk-on (actor in a small role with no dialogue)
- Synonym: figurante
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?st?a/, [?e??s.t??a]
Adjective
extra (plural extras)
- additional, extra
- superior
- extraordinary
- Synonym: extraordinario
Derived terms
- horas extras
Swedish
Pronunciation
Adjective
extra
- extra
Related terms
Adverb
extra
- extra
extra From the web:
- what extracurricular activities
- what extra books are in the catholic bible
- what extracurricular activities are you involved in
- what extracurricular activities do colleges look for
- what extraordinary mean
- what extracurriculars should i do for college
- what extracurricular activities do you participate in
- what extracurricular activities should i do quiz
useful
English
Etymology
From use +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?sf?l/
Adjective
useful (comparative usefuller or more useful, superlative usefullest or most useful)
- Having a practical or beneficial use.
- Synonyms: noteful, serviceable, utilitarian, utile
- Antonyms: unuseful, useless, harmful
Usage notes
- Prepositions: useful is used in useful for <purpose>, useful for <person> and useful to <person>. The words useful to are also found in constructions such as It is useful to do, in which to marks an infinitive rather than being a preposition.
Derived terms
Translations
useful From the web:
- what useful mean
- what useful things to build in minecraft
- what useful item did it lead to
- what useful skills can i learn
- what does useful mean
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