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EXTRA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something additional of the same kind
Example:
he always carried extras in case of an emergency
Synonyms:
duplicate; extra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("extra" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("extra" is a kind of...):
edition (an issue of a newspaper)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A minor actor in crowd scenes
Synonyms:
extra; spear carrier; supernumerary
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("extra" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Further or added
Example:
an extra pair of shoes
Synonyms:
additional; extra
Classified under:
Similar:
additive (characterized or produced by addition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
More than is needed, desired, or required
Example:
surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Synonyms:
excess; extra; redundant; spare; supererogatory; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus
Classified under:
Similar:
unnecessary; unneeded (not necessary)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Added to a regular schedule
Example:
put on special buses for the big game
Synonyms:
extra; special
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unscheduled (not scheduled or not on a regular schedule)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually or exceptionally
Example:
an extra fast car
Classified under:
Context examples:
You have several days to watch for extra special romantic aspects: January 15, 23, and 25-27.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
People who eat eggs every day should pay extra attention, since greater consumption means higher risk.
(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
However, raising the extra young comes at a great cost to females, so females that lay only three eggs have an advantage over those laying four, and these females become increasingly common.
(For species that mate for life, bonding behaviors provide advantages, National Science Foundation)
But using special instruments, scientists can detect two types: regular water, H2O, and heavy water, HDO, which has an extra neutrally-charged particle called a neutron inside one of the hydrogen atoms.
(Comet Provides New Clues to Origins of Earth's Oceans, NASA)
The storm initially produced patches of extra electrons in the ionosphere over northern Greenland, as usual.
(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)
To avoid extra calories, many pregnant women replace sugar-sweetened soft drinks and juices with beverages containing artificial sweeteners.
(Drinking diet beverages during pregnancy linked to child obesity, NIH)
Instead, extra copies of chromosome 18 are often detected. — 2004
(Blastoid Follicular Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Some remove extra fluid and salt from the body.
(Blood Pressure Medicines, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors make extra amounts of these hormones, which can cause symptoms.
(Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Nonfunctional pancreatic endocrine tumors do not make extra amounts of hormones, but they may cause symptoms as they grow and spread.
(Pancreatic endocrine tumor, NCI Dictionary)
