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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
extra/ˈekstrə/
▶adjective added to an existing or usual amount or number. ▶adverb
- 1 to a greater extent than usual.
- 2 in addition.
- 1 an item for which an extra charge is made.
- 2 an extra item.
- 3 a person engaged temporarily to fill out a crowd scene in a film or play.
- 4 Cricket a run scored other than from a hit with the bat, credited to the batting side rather than to a batsman.
– origin C17 (as adj.): prob. a shortening of extraordinary, suggested by similar forms in Fr. and Ger.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
extra-/ˈekstrə/
▶prefix outside; beyond: extracellular.
■ beyond the scope of: extra-curricular.
– origin via med. L. from L. extra ‘outside’.
'extra' also found in these Oxford entries:
addendum
- additional
- a.e.t.
- afterburner
- annex
- aril
- astray
- attachment
- baker
- bedjacket
- bedsock
- bisque
- bonus
- booster seat
- bye
- canard
- card
- casting vote
- cellular
- cognomen
- complement
- convert
- couverture
- cover
- danger money
- digamma
- dither
- duvet day
- embellish
- entrench
- et cetera
- excess
- excess baggage
- expansion card
- extra-
- extra cover
- extra-curricular
- extrados
- extramural
- extraordinary
- extrapolate
- extra time
- extravagant
- extravasate
- extra virgin
- extrovert
- flysheet
- frill
- golden goal
