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Definition: Extra |
ExtraAdjective1. Further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"; "I have no other shoes"; "there are other possibilities". 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". 3. Added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game". 4. (prefix) outside or beyond; "`extra' is a prefix in `an extrauterine pregnancy'". Adverb1. Unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car". Noun1. A minor actor in crowd scenes. 2. Something additional of the same kind; " he always carried extras in case of an emergency". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "extra" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | 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). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Fine Arts | The term is still in use for soldiers, crowds, servants, who are essential to a play but have no lines to speak. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Performs as nonspeaking member of scene in stage, motion picture, or television productions: Stands, walks, or sits in scenes as background for stars actions, or performs actions requiring special skills, such as dancing, swimming, skating, riding, or handling livestock. Rehearses and performs pantomime, portraying points essential in staging of scene. Workers may be designated according to registration in union as General Extra (amuse. & rec.; motion picture; radio-tv broad.); Special Ability Extra (amuse. & rec.; motion picture; radio-tv broad.); Silent Bit Extra (amuse. & rec.; motion picture; radio-tv broad.). (references) |
Post & Telecom | An unwanted marking condition causing incorrect recording in a telegraph receiver. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
EXTRA | English | EXecutionTRace Analyser | Computer - (IBM, OS/2) |
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Synonyms: ExtraSynonyms: additional (adj), excess (adj), other(a) (adj), redundant (adj), spare (adj), special (adj), supererogatory (adj), superfluous (adj), surplus (adj), duplicate (n), spear carrier (n), supernumerary (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Addition | Adverb: au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover. |
Adjective: added; Verb: additional; supplemental, supplementary; suppletory, subjunctive; adscititious, ascititious; additive, extra, accessory. | |
Exteriority | Adverb: externally; Adjective: out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors; extra muros. |
Redundancy | Adverb: over, too, over and above; overmuch, too much; too far; without measure, beyond measure, out of measure; with.. to spare; over head and ears; up to one's eyes, up to one's ears; extra; beyond the mark; (transcursion); acervatim. |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Extra |
| Specialty definitions using "extra": occupational extra. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "extra": Palfrey. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Extra" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (special), Dutch (additional, additionally, another, extra, in addition, one more), French (extra, extra help), German (accessory, additional, apart, deliberately, especially, extra, in addition, just, on purpose, plus, separate, separately, special, specially), Hungarian (fancy), Italian (additional, especially, extra, particular, particularly), Latin (beside, beyond, except, extravagant, outside, outside of, without), Portuguese (additional, excess, extra, movie extra, plus, spare), Romanian (Extrafine, out of the common run, super), Spanish (additional, bonus, extra), Swedish (additional, assistant, exceptionally, extra, extraordinary, special, superior, temporary). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I also brought some extra loud blanks just in case (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) And I while I'm doing that, I have gotten that extra collision coverage (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) Oh yeah, Chloe Chloe looked the way Meryl Streep's skeleton would look if you made it smile and walk around the party being extra nice to everybody (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) A couple of more hands and an extra set of balls (Planes, Trains & Automobiles; writing credit: John Hughes.) These dogs will cost you an extra two dollars ahead (Big Man on Campus; writing credit: Allan Katz) | |
Lyrics | Grab your gat with the extra clip and, (Fantastic Voyage; performing artist: Coolio) Don't need an extra eye to see (I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That; performing artist: Elton John) Keep a D eagle with an extra clip (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!); performing artist: Ludacris) Extra, Extra, spread the news (Hot in Herre; performing artist: NELLY) That I had given her an extra key (It Wasn't Me; performing artist: Shaggy) | |
Clever | Go the extra mile--It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker. (references; author: unknown) The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. (references; author: unknown) I always try to go the extra mile at work, but my boss always finds me and brings me back. (references; author: unknown) Asking the boss for a rise may not be patriotic, but it will help the government with the extra tax if it comes off. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Girl with Something Extra (1973) Extra Special Delivery (1963) El Extra (1962) The Extra Day (1956) Edición extra (1949) | |
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From an overhead angle, 2 pieces of red meat are shown with a knife on a cutting board, sitting on a white tile counter. Above the image, red lettering reads: "Choose lean meats, trim extra fats, avoid adding fat in cooking". Shot on 4x5 format. This was used in the 1989 calendar "Eat for Good Health" February 1989. See artwork: PV-19. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | Shows 1962 photo of baby born with an extra appendage connected to the foot caused by the pregnant mother taking the drug Thalidomide. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Polydactylia, a congenital abnormality with the occurrence of extra fingers or toes, is due to errors in the process of fetal development, and can usually be corrected by surgery. Credit: CDC. | Some stars in double-star systems have found a quick way to lose weight by dumping their extra ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | New orange trees are straightened, staked, and pruned by workers riding only inches above the ground pulled by a slowly moving tractor. The tractor is driven not from the conventional drivers's seat perched high over the rear wheels, but by one of the workers below, using an extra steering wheel and control. Credit: USDA. | ![]() | East (front) elevation. Photograph by Duane Garrett, 1976. (Reproduction Number: HABS ID,8-IDCI,10-1) When Idaho City's post office burnt to the ground in 1867, work on this new building began almost immediately. Completed in less than one month, the new post office and general store incorporated many fire-prevention measures, including metal shutters and doors. The new building also featured an attic floor of brick covered with earth for extra fire protection. Today, the building is the Boise Basin Museum, which is dedicated to Idaho’s Gold Rush. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | An extra seven pounds could keep you off the football team. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | View looking aft, during convoy escort operations in 1918. Extra coal, to increase her steaming range, is stowed in bags on deck. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Interior of the ship's hangar, 13 October 1945, showing temporary deck built to provide extra berthing space. Hosho was then at Kure, Japan, undergoing conversion to a repatriation transport. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Why is the paper five cents to-day, boy? : the regular price is only a penny : Ain't it worth four extra cents, lady, to read that the president has got some spunk after all?. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Performing red" by Michel Lammerse Commentary: "Photo shot during a celebration opening in September 2003 for a new housing project in Arnhem - Holland. The red background gave the performance an extra colourful touch. Shot with a Canon D10 and a borrowed excellent Canon lense! :-)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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| Typical digital countermelody with lots of extra sounds including flying arrows. | |
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| Author | Quotation |
St. Augustine | Salus extra ecclesiam non est. (There is no salvation outside the Church.) |
St. Robert Bellarmine | The Pope may act outside the law, above the law, and against the law. (Papa potest extra jus, super jus et contra jus.) |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | If there is to be a fraternal association of the kind I have described, with all the extra strength and security which both our countries can derive from it, let us make sure that that great fact is known to the world, and that it plays its part in steadying and stabilizing the foundations of peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Then go back all the same to that inn, and take an extra horse |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | If it were wound single an extra current would be induced in the coils |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Drop this little pill in your gas tank and get ten extra miles to the gallon |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They get rid of waste and extra fluid. (references) | |
Extra flossing and brushing will remove this plaque. (references) | ||
In general, these extra T cells donÕt cause a problem. (references) | ||
Business | But importers sell imported apparel directly to retail stores so as to reduce extra costs. (references) | |
Consumers are reluctant to pay extra for such equipment and this has increased pricing pressures. (references) | ||
With the economic recession such regulation would be an extra burden for small and medium sized firms. (references) | ||
Children | Djibouti | The Government provides public education for free; however, there are extra expenses that may be prohibitive to poorer families, such as transportation, book fees, and chalk. (references) |
Civil Liberties | China | In addition to refusing to register churches, there also are reports that RAB officials have requested illegal "donations" from churches in their jurisdictions as a means of raising extra revenue. (references) |
Burma | The authorities reportedly supplied rice to Buddhists at lower prices than to Christians, distributed extra supplies of foodstuffs to Buddhists on Sunday mornings while Christians attended church, and exempted converts to Buddhism from forced labor. (references) | |
Economic History | Australia | To a large extent, they are prepared to pay extra for them. (references) |
Nicaragua | At year-end, employers must pay the equivalent of an extra month's salary. (references) | |
Pakistan | Long staple and extra long staple cotton is imported to meet the demand for finer cottons. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | Police often perform official contract guard duty to earn extra money. (references) |
Russia | Prisoners and detainees typically relied on families to provide them with extra food. (references) | |
Vietnam | In principle, the Government can deny promotions and salary increases to government employees with more than two children, and local regulations permit fines based on the cost of extra social services incurred by a larger family. (references) | |
Minorities | Brazil | Since 1992 the Steve Biko Institute in the city of Salvador has provided extra classes that enabled 200 Afro-Brazilian students to gain admission to universities in Bahia State; during the year, 180 students were enrolled in the classes paying tuition of $35 (80 reais) per month. (references) |
Political Economy | CHINA | U.S. firms reported that the extra delays caused by these measures had for the most part ended by mid-1999. (references) |
PORTUGAL | Employees generally receive 14 months pay for 11 months work: the extra 3 months pay are for a Christmas bonus, a vacation subsidy, and 22 days of annual leave. (references) | |
Trade | Poland | Cash payment or down payments provide an extra measure of security for export sales. (references) |
France | Though desirable because they offer extra information to the customer, they are not mandatory. (references) | |
Turkey | Normal processing of an ATA Carnet is five working days; expedited service is available at an extra charge. (references) | |
Travel | Colombia | A called taxi has an extra cost of Col$ 1,000 ($0.50) over the total price. (references) |
Ghana | Add extra salt to your food to replace what your body loses in perspiration. (references) | |
Chile | First, local drivers switch lanes without signaling, so extra precaution should be taken. (references) | |
Women | Indonesia | Women often are not provided the extra benefits and salary that men are given when they are the heads of households, and in many cases do not receive employment benefits for their family members, such as medical insurance and income tax deductions. (references) |
Worker Rights | Kenya | Workers in some enterprises claimed that employers forced them to work extra hours without overtime pay. (references) |
Nicaragua | The company produced signed documents from the workers stating that they had agreed voluntarily to work extra hours. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Today it is feeding one out of every four school age children in Latin America an extra food ration from our farm surplus. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Hardworking Americans caught in the middle can really use that kind of extra cash. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I will continue to work with all my strength for equal opportunity for all Americans--and for affirmative action for those who carry the extra burden of past denial of equal opportunity. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | In Nicaragua, the struggle has extra meaning because that nation is so near our own borders. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Extra" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.65% of the time. "Extra" is used about 8,446 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.65% | 8,332 | 1,158 |
| Adverb (general) | 1.31% | 111 | 30,796 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.04% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 8,446 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Jupiter Extra Income Trust PLC |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "extra": anotherprenominal otherprenominal elsepostnominal extra intercalary ♦ average extra defectives limit ♦ extra bed ♦ extra bit ♦ extra block ♦ extra bold ♦ extra bold type ♦ extra charge ♦ extra course ♦ extra dividend ♦ extra duty ♦ extra edition ♦ extra embryo ♦ extra expenses ♦ extra fine ♦ extra help ♦ extra high tension ♦ extra high voltage ♦ extra hours ♦ extra in cinema ♦ extra income ♦ extra innings ♦ extra job ♦ extra large ♦ extra large portion ♦ extra lesson ♦ extra money ♦ extra muros ♦ extra pay ♦ extra point ♦ extra room ♦ extra special ♦ extra staff ♦ Extra Strength Bayer Enteric 500 Aspirin [OTC] ♦ Extra Strength Bayer Plus [OTC] ♦ extra team of horses ♦ extra time ♦ extra virgin olive oil ♦ extra wide ♦ extra work ♦ give as an extra ♦ movie extra ♦ occupational extra ♦ pay extra ♦ to give extra coaching to. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "extra": extra-abdominal, extra-absorbent, extra-academic, extra-added-indie-generic-overlay, extra-alimentary, extra-alpine, extra-alveolar, extra-and, extra-area, extra-axial, extra-basis, extra-budgetary, extra-bureaucratic, extra-calorie, extra-careful, extra-cellular, extra-classical, extra-community, extra-conjugal, extra-constitutional, extra-contract, extra-contractual, extra-contractually, extra-controversial, extra-cost, extra-cover, extra-curricula, extra-curricular, extra-denominational, extra-difficult, extra-dimensional, extra-discursive, extra-dramatic, extra-dry, extra-duty, Extra-ec, extra-economic, extra-efficient, extra-embryonic, extra-european, extra-extra, extra-familial, extra-fast, extra-field, extra-fine, extra-floral, extra-full, extra-galactic, extra-group, extra-hazardous, extra-healthy, extra-heavy, extra-height, extra-high, extra-himalayan, extra-hot, extra-household, extra-illustrated, extra-illustration, extra-infinitival, extra-institutional, extra-intensive, extra-intestinal, extra-judicial, extra-judicially, extra-judiciares, extra-large, extra-legal, extra-life, extra-linguistic, extra-literary, extra-liturgical, extra-long, extra-long-range, extra-loud, extra-marital, extra-mental, extra-metrical, extra-metropolitan, extra-motivated, extra-mundane, extra-mural, extra-mural student, extra-murally, extra-musical, extra-nasal, extra-nuclear, extra-nuptial, extra-ocular, extra-office, Extra-official, extra-oral, extra-ordinary, extra-organizational, extra-parliamentary, extra-parochial, extra-performance, extra-phenomenal, extra-philosophical, extra-physical, extra-pictorial, extra-point, extra-political, extra-proud, extra-realistic, extra-regional, extra-regular, extra-resident, extra-ripe, extra-scholastic, extra-school, extra-sensitive, extra-sensorily, extra-sensory, extra-sentential, extra-shapeless, extra-sharp, extra-smoochy, extra-social, extra-somatic, extra-spacious, extra-special, extra-spiritual, extra-statutory, extra-strength, extra-striate, extra-strict, extra-strong, extra-sturdy, extra-supermassive, extra-talented, extra-tall, extra-temporal, extra-terrestrial, extra-terrestrials, extra-territorial, extra-territoriality, extra-terrstrial, extra-testamentary, extra-textual, extra-thick, extra-thin, extra-tight, extra-time, extra-trade, extra-tragic, extra-tropical, extra-union, extra-urban, Extra-uterine, Extra-uterine pregnancy, extra-vehement, extra-vehicular, extra-verbal, extra-vigilant, extra-wide, extra-wise, extra-work, extra-worldly. | |
Ending with "extra": extra-extra, inspire-extra, little-extra. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
extra | 1,646 | extra lifeway.com | 72 |
extra tv | 476 | extra marital affair | 72 |
extra income | 355 | earn extra money at home | 69 |
make extra money | 272 | extra 300 | 61 |
twin extra long sheet | 231 | extra income at home | 60 |
extra money | 174 | earn extra income | 57 |
earn extra money | 146 | earn extra cash | 57 |
extra sensory perception | 131 | littlewoods extra | 54 |
extra large sturdy toilet | 127 | extra long twin bedding | 51 |
extra long sheet | 112 | extra casting | 50 |
extra extra | 109 | extra virgin coconut oil | 50 |
esso extra | 104 | extra storage | 46 |
extra wide shoes | 96 | extra gum | 45 |
mortgage calculator extra payment | 93 | extra terrestrial | 43 |
extra cash | 93 | e.t the extra terrestrial | 41 |
mlb extra innings | 90 | extra money making | 39 |
movie extra | 87 | extra large | 38 |
extra tv show | 87 | diario extra | 37 |
extra virgin olive oil | 82 | extra food | 36 |
corona extra | 73 | rogaine extra strength | 36 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "extra"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ekstra (additional). (various references) | |
Albanian | veçanërisht (especially, grossly, in particular, notably, only, particularly, peculiarly), suplementar (added, expletive, odd, relief, run on, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), special (especial, express, special), shtese (additional, augmentative, collateral, excess, relief, subsidiary), shtesë (accretion, addendum, additive, appendage, appendix, bonus, extension, increment, insert, intercalation, makeweight, plus, refill, supplement, weighting), së tepërmi (at excess, exceedingly, excessively, highly, to a large degree, widely), i veçantë (characteristic, detached, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, sole, special, specific, uncommon), i posaçëm (especial, extraordinary, particular, special), i cilësisë së lartë (first class, prestige, prestigious, super), cilësi e lartë. (various references) | |
Arabic | ممتاز (admirable, banner, best, bonny, boss, brave, choice, clipping, cool, dandy, deluxe, distingue, distinguished, ducky, elegant, excellent, exceptional, exquisite, famous, fancy, fine, first class, first rate, first-string, mighty, noble, of first degree, outstanding, premium, prime, select, splendid, star, stellar, super, superb, superior, swell, thoroughbred, thumbs up, tiptop, top notch, vintage, wizard), مستخدم إضافى, نحو خاص, على نحو خاص (specially), على غير المألوف, خاضع لرسم إضافى, إضافي (additional, ancillary, auxiliary, bonus, false, farther, further, more, overtime, spare, special, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), شىء ممتاز (plum), شىء إضافي, بادئة بمعنى إضافى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | статист (mute, super, supernumerary, walk on, walking gentleman), висококачествен предмет, висококачествен (choice, oriental, select), в повече (over, spare, surplus), отделно (aloof, apart, individually, particularly, separately, singly), нещо допълнително, необикновено (extremely, immensely, most, peculiarly, thundering, uncommonly, unusually), екстра (cool, crack-a-jack, first rate, gilt-edged, goluptious, nailing, primely, rattling, ripping, slick), извънреден (emergency, occasional, over, relief, special, supernumerary, supplemental), добавъчно, добавъчен (accessary, accessory, additional, additive, fresh, further, odd, plus, supplemental, supplementary, surplus), допълнително (further, over), допълнителен номер, допълнителен (accessary, accessorial, accidental, additional, additive, adjunct, complementary, contributory, excess, expletive, extraordinary, farther, follow up, fresh, further, over, plus, pony, relief, side, subsidiary, supplementary, tributary). (various references) | |
Chinese | 额外 (Extras), 額外 , 余 (after, I, me, remaining, surplus). (various references) | |
Czech | zvláštní (curious, extraordinary, funny, individual, intriguing, odd, outlandish, particular, peculiar, quaint, queer, singular, special, strange, unique, weird), vedlejší poplatek, statista (mute), navíc (above that, moreover, on top of, spare), mimořádný (abnormal, associate, exceptional, extraordinary, out of the ordinary, phenomenal, special, uncommon), mimořádnì (exceedingly, exceptionally, extraordinarily, extremely, particularly, uncommonly), mimo (besides, beyond, except, out of, outside, past, wide, without), komparzista, dodateèný (additional, subsidiary, supplementary), další (additional, another, further, next, other, second, subsequent). (various references) | |
Danish | ekstra (additional), tegnforstyrrelse (fade, failure). (various references) | |
Dutch | Extra (additional, additionally, another, in addition, one more). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ekstra, figuranto. (various references) | |
Farsi | فوق العاده (Extraordinary, Inestimable, Phenomenal, Precious, Singular, Strenuous, Supernatural, Terrific), یدکی (Refill, Reserve, Spare), زیادی 1 (Excess, Immensity, Immoderacy, Riffraff, Superfluity, Superfluous, Surplus, Undue), زاءد (Further, Redundancy, Superfluous, Surplus, Waste), خیلی (Copious, Damn, Far, Jolly, Many, So, Ten, Very), اضافی (Additional, Extension, Further, Overflow, Plus, Supernumerary, Supplementary), بسیار (Abundant, All, Damn, Far, Galore, Lot, Manifold, Many, Much, Multifarious, Plenty, Precious, Somush, Sopping, Sorely, Very), بزرگ (Adult, Arch, Big, Bulky, Egregious, Enormous, Extensive, Grand, Grave, Great, Gross, Headman, Jumbo, Large, Lofty, Majestic, Major, Massive, Mighty, Sizable, Sizeable, Swith, Vast, Voluminous). (various references) | |
Finnish | ylimääräinen plus, ylimääräinen (extraordinary, special), statisti (supernumerary), lisävaruste (accessory). (various references) | |
French | figurant, extra (extra help). (various references) | |
Frisian | ekstra (additional). (various references) | |
German | extra (accessory, additional, apart, deliberately, especially, in addition, just, on purpose, plus, separate, separately, special, specially), besonders (above all, additional, apart, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly, notably, particular, particularly, particulary, peculiar, peculiarly, separately, specially), zusätzlich (accessorily, accessory, added, additional, additionally, ancillary, backing, collateral, further, other, side-bar, supplementary). (various references) | |
Greek | έκτακτοσ (contingent, expansible, extraordinary, special, stretchable), πρόσθετοσ (accessary, accessional, accessory, addable, addible, additional, additive), περιπλέον, λανθασμένο ρεύμα εργασίας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | תוספת (accompaniment, addendum, addition, appendage, increase, increment, rider, supplement, tag), כתוספת (into the bargain), הוספה (addition, increase, raise, supplement), דבר מיוחד, נוסף (accessive, additional, another, further, more, other, spare, supernumerary, supplementary). (various references) | |
Hungarian | mellék- (ancillary, by, lateral, side, supplementary), többletkiadás, többlet- (over, plus), rendkívüli (exceptional, exceptive, exquisite, extra special, extraordinary, extreme, out of the ordinary, out of this world, outstanding, phenomenal, portentous, singular, steep, stupendous, supernormal, tiptop, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), ráadás (admixture, encore, giveaway, long pull), melléktantárgy (minor), különleges (anomalous, especial, fancy, particular, patent, peculiar, quite out of the common, special, specific, supernumerary), külön (apart, class apart, particular, plus, separate, separately, single, specially). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ekstra (extraordinary), tambahan (apposition, boost, complement, counterattraction, gain, mend, plus, supplement). (various references) | |
Italian | extra (additional, especially, particular, particularly). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 限外 (excess), 番外 , 余分 (excess, surplus), 余分 (excess, surplus), 増し (additional, better, less objectionable, preferable), エウスタキオ管 (eonism, essence, Eustachian tube, excite, exciting, exciting game, exercise, exercise walking, exhibition, exhibition game, exhibition game or match, expander, expert, expert system, expo, exposition, express, expression, extra hole, extra inning, extract), 上乗せ , 別 (another, difference, different, distinction, exception, particular, separate). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べつ (another, difference, different, distinction, exception, particular, separate), まし (additional, better, less objectionable, preferable), うわのせ, ばんがい, エキストラ , よぶん (excess, gossip, rumor, surplus), げんがい (excess, implicit, implied, tax reduction, unexpressed). (various references) | |
Korean | 여분 (spare). (various references) | |
Manx | loggyragh, loggyr (bonus, gash), harrish y chadjinys, frea (shirt frill), brash (a good quantity, brace, fit, impetous, increase, paroxysm, spare). (various references) | |
Norwegian | ekstra (accessory). (various references) | |
Papiamen | èkstra (additional). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | extraay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | extra (additional, excess, movie extra, plus, spare). (various references) | |
Romanian | extraordinar (amazing, arch, astonishing, egregious, enormous, exceedingly, extraordinary, extremely, fierce, marvellous, noble, out, phenomenal, phenomenally, prodigious, proud, rare, rattling, remarkable, special, striking, terrible, tremendous, uncommon, undreamed of, unimaginable, up to the nines, well, well I never, wonderful), ediţie specialã (extra special, special edition), suplimentar (accessary, additional, adjective, adscititious, auxiliary, circumstantial, further, incidental, odd, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary), supliment (addition, appendix, make-weight, rider, supplement), special (especial, express, particular, peculiar, proper, special, specially), plus (addition, advantage, plus), platã suplimentarã, figurant (cipher, dummy, mute, super, supernumerary), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, sundry, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), calitate superioarã, afarã de (except), în plus (besides, else, further, furthermore, likewise, moreover, over, plus, thereto, too). (various references) | |
Russian | дополнительный (additional, addl additional, adscititious, anytime more, auxiliary, complementary, excess, further, more, new, obverse, optional, run on, supplemental, supplementary). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekstra, zasebno, zaseban (individual, self contained, separate), statista (supernumerary), sporedan izdatak, pride, posebno izdanje novina, posebno (especially, particular: in particular, peculiarly, separately, specially, specifically), poseban (distinct, particular, several, special, specific), dodatak (add, addendum, addition, additive, adjunct, adulterant, affix, annex, appendage, appendix, apposition, appurtenance, context, insert, makeweight, overplus, plus, supplement). (various references) | |
Spanish | extra (additional, bonus), adicional (added, additional, additive, further, side). (various references) | |
Swedish | extra (additional, assistant, exceptionally, extraordinary, special, superior, temporary). (various references) | |
Turkish | ekstra olarak, ek (addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, by-, bye-, extension, formative, further, insertion, inset, postscript, schedule, super-, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation), ek iş (sideline), ekstra (additional, supernumerary), ekstra şey, ekstra masraf, fazladan (additional), zam (addition, raise), figüran (figurant, figurante, super, supernumerary, walk on, walker on, walking gentleman, walking lady), üstün (above, ascendant, ascendent, atop, atop of, choice, distingue, excellent, golden, high, hyper-, over, predominant, pre-eminencent, preponderant, super, super-, super-duty, superior, supra-, transcendent, unsurpassed, up), ilave (accretion, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, annex, appendage, appendix, appurtenance, bye-, excess, extension, insertion, inset, pendant, plusage, plussage, rider, schedule, supplement, supplemental, supplementary, supplementation), ilave edilen (additional, farther, further, supplemental), ilaveten (additionally, else, farther, in addition to), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, shining, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), ayrıca (additionally, again, also, besides, beyond, else, farther, further, furthermore, in addition to, into the bargain, item, likewise, on the side, otherwise, over and above, then again, thereto, to boot, withal, yea), fazla (big, de trop, excess, excessive, in excess of, much, out, over, rising of, spare, super-, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, thick, too, unneedful). (various references) | |
Turkmen | artykmaз (very), artyk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вищий сорт, особливо (chiefly, especially, in particular, notably, notedly, particularly, peculiarly, specially, specifically), особливий (different, esoteric, particular, peculiar, special, specific, unique), окремо (abstractedly, apart, aside, asunder, separately, severally, singly), націнка, екстрений випуск (special), екстрений (extraspecial, special), додатковий (accessary, accessory, accidental, additional, adventitious, appendant, appendical, auxiliary, collateral, complementary, expletive, further, more, new, novel, obverse, odd, other, plus, pony, second, secondary, supernumerary, supplemental, supplementary, surplus). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thêm (adjunctive, orra), phụ (accessary, accessory, assistant, associate, auxiliary, bye, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary), ngoại thượng hạng, ngoại hơn thường lệ, cái thêm, cái phụ (accidental, unessential), đặc biệt (distinguished, especial, exceptional, individual, particular, particularly, racy, ripping, scrumptious, special, specially, topping). (various references) | |
Welsh | sba+r (leavings, spare). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | circumfusa, circumfusum, supervacuus, susicivus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 21, Verse 39 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai labonteV auton exebalon exw tou ampelwnoV kai apekteinan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et adprehensum eum eiecerunt extra vineam et occiderunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða namen hyo & of-slogen hine. & awurpen wið-uten þanne win-geard. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thei token, and castiden hym out of the vynyerd, and slowen hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And they caught him and thrust him out of the vineyarde and slewe him. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 21, Verse 39 |
| Cebuano | Ug gidakop nila siya ug giabog sa gowa sa parrasan, ug ilang gipatay siya. |
| Chinese | 他 們 就 拿 住 他 、 推 出 葡 萄 園 外 、 殺 了 。 |
| Croatian | I pograbe ga, izbace iz vinograda i ubiju." |
| Danish | Og de grebe ham og kastede ham ud af Vingården og sloge ham ihjel. |
| Dutch | En hem nemende, wierpen zij hem uit, buiten den wijngaard, en doodden hem. |
| Finnish | Ja he ottivat hänet kiinni ja heittivät ulos viinitarhasta ja tappoivat. |
| French | Et ils se saisirent de lui, le jetèrent hors de la vigne, et le tuèrent. |
| German | Und sie nahmen ihn und stießen ihn zum Weinberg hinaus und töteten ihn. |
| Hungarian | És megfogván õt, kiveték a szõlõn kívül és megölék. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Maka anak itu ditangkap, dibuang ke luar, lalu dibunuh." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka mereka itu pun memegangkan dia serta mencampakkan ke luar dari dalam kebun anggur itu, lalu membunuh dia. |
| Italian | E, presolo, lo cacciarono fuori della vigna e l'uccisero. |
| Korean | 이 에 잡 아 포 도 원 밖 에 내 어 쫓 아 죽 였 느 니 라 |
| Manx Gaelic | As ghow ad eh, as hilg ad eh magh ass y gharey-feeyney, as varr ad eh. |
| Maori | Na ka maru ratou ki a ia, maka ana ki waho o te mara waina, a whakamatea iho. |
| Norwegian | Og de tok ham og kastet ham ut av vingården og slo ham ihjel. |
| Portuguese | E, agarrando-o, lançaram-no fora da vinha e o mataram. |
| Rumanian | Wi au pus mkna pe el, l-au scos afarq din vie wi l-au omorkt. |
| Shuar | Tiar achikiar arant Júkiar nui Máawarmai." |
| Spanish | Le prendieron, le echaron fuera de la viña y le mataron. |
| Swahili | Basi, wakamkamata, wakamtoa nje ya lile shamba la mizabibu, wakamwua. |
| Swedish | Och de togo fatt på honom och förde honom ut ur vingården och dräpte honom. |
| Uma | Karahoko' -nami ana' toei, radii' hilou hi mali bonea pai' rapatehi." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "extra": extracellular, extracellularly, extrachromosomal, extracorporeal, extracorporeally, extracranial, extract, extractabilities, extractability, extractable, extracted, extracting, extraction, extractions, extractive, extractively, extractives, extractor, extractors, extracts, extracurricular, extracurriculars, extraditable, extradite, extradited, extradites, extraditing, extradition, extraditions, extrados, extradoses, extraembryonic, extragalactic, extrahepatic, extrajudicial, extrajudicially, extralegal, extralegally, extralimital, extralinguistic, extralinguistically, extraliterary, extralities, extrality, extralogical, extramarital, extramundane, extramural, extramurally, extramusical, extraneous. (additional references) | |
Words containing "extra": dextral, dextran, dextranase, dextranases, dextrans, fluidextract, fluidextracts, overextraction, overextractions, overextrapolation, overextrapolations, overextravagant, unextraordinary. (additional references) | |
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"Extra" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dextar, dextra, dextro, Eatro, edtra, Eggstra, ekstra, Ekstrand, ekta, entra, estira, etar, etr, etra, etre, Ettra, etx, exdra, exera, exr, exrat, exro, exta, extarn, extart, extore, extr, extran, extrap, extray, extro, extry, ixtra, nextar, Rextar, textra, Xebra, Xeta, xtra. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "extra" (pronounced e"kstru) |
| 4 | -s t r u | orchestra. |
| 3 | -t r u | contra, mantra, spectra, Tetra, ultra. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: retax, taxer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-r-t-x" | |
-1 letter: rate, tare, tear. | |
-2 letters: are, art, ate, axe, ear, eat, era, eta, rat, rax, ret, rex, tae, tar, tax, tea. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, at, ax, er, et, ex, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-r-t-x" | |
+1 letter: extras, pretax, taxers. | |
+2 letters: apteryx, dextral, dextran, exacter, exactor, exalter, excreta, extract, extrema, narthex, overtax, oxheart, retaxed, retaxes. | |
+3 letters: aftertax, axletree, dextrans, exacters, exactors, exalters, excretal, execrate, expiator, external, extracts, extrados, matrixes, oxhearts, relaxant, retaxing, sextarii, storaxes, styraxes, supertax, surtaxed, surtaxes, taxpayer, textuary, textural, thoraxes, trumeaux, undertax. | |
+4 letters: admixture, apteryxes, ataraxies, axletrees, exarchate, excavator, excoriate, execrated, execrates, execrator, exhauster, exonerate, expiators, expiatory, expurgate, externals, extirpate, extracted, extractor, extradite, extrality, extravert, extricate, exuberant, exuberate, hexameter, luxuriate, mediatrix, narthexes, overtaxed, overtaxes, parataxes, proximate, relaxants, sextarius, taxidermy, taximeter, taxpayers, testatrix, transaxle, xenograft. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Expressions 18. Expressions: Internet 19. Translations: Modern 20. Translations: Ancient | 21. Bible Trace 22. Abbreviations 23. Acronyms 24. Derivations | 25. Rhymes 26. Anagrams 27. Bibliography |
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