extra
extra Lexical Profile
extra Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Added to an existing or usual amount or number; beyond what is standard or expected.
"The airline charges an extra fee for luggage that exceeds the standard weight limit."
Overly dramatic, excessive, or flamboyant in behavior, style, or effort (slang).
"Renting a limousine just to go to the neighborhood grocery store was a bit extra."
• adverb
To a greater extent than usual; especially or exceptionally.
"The team worked extra hard this week to finish the research report ahead of schedule."
In addition to the regular or base amount.
"Breakfast is included in the room rate, but evening meals are charged extra."
• noun
An item or feature added to what is standard, often at an additional cost.
"Leather seats and a sunroof are optional extras on the base model of the car."
A performer hired to appear in the background of a film, television show, or stage production, typically in a non-speaking role.
"The director hired two hundred extras to populate the bustling train station scene."
In cricket, a run scored by means other than a hit from the batter's bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye.
"Wayward bowling contributed twenty extras to the visiting team's first-innings total."
A special edition of a newspaper issued outside normal publication hours to report sudden, important news.
"Newsboys ran through the streets shouting about the afternoon extra announcing the end of the strike."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originally entered English in the mid-17th century as a colloquial shortening of 'extraordinary', which itself derives from the Latin phrase 'extra ordinem', meaning 'outside the normal course or order'.