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extraordinary
English
Alternative forms
- extra-ordinary
- extraördinary (rare)
Etymology
From Latin extr??rdin?rius, from extr? ?rdinem (“outside the order”); equivalent to extra- +? ordinary. Doublet of extraordinaire.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ks?t???(?)d?n??i/, /?ks?t???(?)d?n?i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n??i/, /??kst?????(?)d?n?i/
- Hyphenation: ex?traor?di?na?ry
Adjective
extraordinary (comparative more extraordinary, superlative most extraordinary)
- Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Remarkably good.
- Special or supernumerary.
- the physician extraordinary in a royal household
- an extraordinary professor in a German university
Synonyms
- exceptional
- unparalleled
- noteworthy
- outstanding
Antonyms
- everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual
Derived terms
- extraordinary optical transmission
- extraordinary professor
- extraordinary rendition
Translations
Noun
extraordinary (plural extraordinaries)
- Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
- […] the sum that will probably be wanted for each head of service during the year: it is divided into the ordinary, and the extraordinaries.
- 1787, The New Annual Register
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imposing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?po?z??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??z??/
- Rhymes: -??z??
- Hyphenation: im?pos?ing
Verb
imposing
- present participle of impose
Adjective
imposing (comparative more imposing, superlative most imposing)
- Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.
Translations
imposing From the web:
- what imposing mean
- what does imposing mean
- what does imposing sanctions mean
- what is imposing sanctions
- what does imposing taxes mean
- what does imposing taxes without consent mean
- what does imposing tariffs mean
- what does imposing martial law mean
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