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English

Etymology

abbreviation of extraordinary. See also extra-

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at en-us-extra.ogg

Adjective

Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; additional; supernumerary.
extraordinarily|Extraordinarily good; superior; as extra work, extra pay.

Translations

Finnish: ylimääräinen, lisä-, ekstra-
Italian: extra

Japanese: (, yobunna)
Spanish: exceso

Noun

A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball; in Australia referred to as a sundry
an extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle
: extra, extra, read all about it!

Translations

Japanese: (, gōgai)

: ekstra

: exceso

Derived terms

extra credit

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Latin

Preposition

extra

outside of
beyond

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Spanish

Adjective

Synonyms

extraordinario

de:extra fa:extra fr:extra ko:extra io:extra id:extra it:extra la:extra hu:extra nl:extra no:extra pl:extra pt:extra ru:extra simple:extra fi:extra sv:extra ta:extra te:extra vi:extra tr:extra zh:extra

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extra- \Ex"tra-\ [L., fr. exter. See Exterior.]
A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often
used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of,
beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the
word to which it is prefixed.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extra \Ex"tra\, a.
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary;
additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good;
superior; as, extra work; extra pay. "By working extra
hours." --H. Spencer.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extra \Ex"tra\, n.; pl. Extras.
1. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or
customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for
which an additional charge is made; as, at some hotels air
conditioning is an extra.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the
regular one.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. (Cricket) A run, as from a bye, credited to the general
score but not made from a hit.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. Something of an extra quality or grade.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet extra
adj 1: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need
extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no
other shoes"; "there are other possibilities" [syn: other(a),
additional]
2: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose
excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the
dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought
redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological
advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary
ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat";
"delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs
as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus
cheese distributed to the needy" [syn: excess, redundant,
spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
surplus]
3: added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight";
"put on special buses for the big game" [syn: special]
n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, {spear
carrier}]
2: an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a
crisis)
3: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried
extras in case of an emergency" [syn: duplicate]
adv : unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"

Moby Dictionary
above , accessory , accident , accidental , added , addendum , addition ,
additional , additionally , adjunct , adscititious , adventitious ,
again , all included , also , altogether , amazingly ,
among other things , ancillary , and all , and also , and so , another ,
appendage , appurtenance , appurtenant , as a bonus , as well ,
ascititious , au reste , auxiliary , balance , beside , besides , beyond ,
bit player , bonus , casual , circumstantial , collateral ,
considerably , contingency , contingent , contributory , daily ,
daily newspaper , de trop , decoration , dividend , else , en plus ,
especially , exceptionally , excess , extra added attraction ,
extra dash , extra edition , extraordinarily , extremely , farther ,
figurant , figurante , filigree , filling , fillip , flourish ,
for lagniappe , fortuitous , fresh , frill , further , furthermore ,
gazette , gratuity , happenstance , held back , held in reserve ,
held out , in abeyance , in addition , in hand , incidental ,
inessential , inter alia , into the bargain , item , kicker , lagniappe ,
leftover , likewise , margin , markedly , mere chance , mint , more ,
moreover , mute , national newspaper , neighborhood newspaper , new ,
news , newspaper , newspaper of record , nonessential , not-self ,
notably , noticeably , occasional , odd , off , on the side , on top of ,
original , ornament , other , out-of-the-way , over , over and above ,
overage , overmeasure , overplus , overrun , overset , overstock ,
oversupply , padding , paper , part-time , particularly , plus ,
pourboire , premium , pristine , put aside , put by , rag , rarely ,
remainder , remaining , remarkably , reserve , saved , secondary , sheet ,
side , similarly , something extra , spare , spear-carrier , special ,
special edition , stand-in , standby , stored , strikingly , stuffing ,
subsidiary , substitute , supe , super , superadded , superaddition ,
superfluous , supernumerary , supervenient , supplement , supplemental ,
supplementary , support , supporting actor , supporting cast ,
surcharge , surplus , surplusage , surprisingly , suspended , tabloid ,
then , therewith , tip , to boot , to spare , too , trimming , twist ,
ulterior , unapplied , unbeaten , uncommon , uncommonly , unconsumed ,
understudy , unemployed , unessential , unexercised , unexpectedly ,
unexpended , unhandled , unspent , untapped , untouched , untrodden ,
unused , unusually , unutilized , very , waived , walk-on ,
walking gentleman , weekly , weekly newspaper , wrinkle , yet

EXTRA EXecutionTRace Analyser (IBM, OS/2)

FOLDOC EXTRA

Object-oriented, Pascal style, handles sets. "A Data Model
and Query Language for EXODUS", M.J. Carey et al, SIGMOD 88
Conf Proc, pp.413- 423, ACM SIGMOD Record 17:3 (Sept 1988).