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EXTRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extra mean?
• EXTRA (noun)
The noun EXTRA has 3 senses:
1. a minor actor in crowd scenes
2. an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
3. something additional of the same kind
Familiarity information: EXTRA used as a noun is uncommon.
• EXTRA (adjective)
The adjective EXTRA has 3 senses:
1. more than is needed, desired, or required
2. added to a regular schedule
3. further or added
Familiarity information: EXTRA used as an adjective is uncommon.
• EXTRA (adverb)
The adverb EXTRA has 1 sense:
1. unusually or exceptionally
Familiarity information: EXTRA used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A minor actor in crowd scenes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
extra; spear carrier; supernumerary
Hypernyms ("extra" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
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:
Something additional of the same kind
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
duplicate; extra
Context example:
he always carried extras in case of an emergency
Hypernyms ("extra" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than is needed, desired, or required
Synonyms:
excess; extra; redundant; spare; supererogatory; superfluous; supernumerary; surplus
Context example:
surplus cheese distributed to the needy
Similar:
unnecessary; unneeded (not necessary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Added to a regular schedule
Synonyms:
extra; special
Context example:
put on special buses for the big game
Similar:
unscheduled (not scheduled or not on a regular schedule)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Further or added
Synonyms:
additional; extra
Context example:
an extra pair of shoes
Similar:
additive (characterized or produced by addition)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually or exceptionally
Context example:
an extra fast car
Context examples
Treatments include medicines, pulmonary rehab, and extra oxygen, if needed.
(Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
The question of how much extra carbon dioxide trees can take up, given limitations of these other nutrients, is a critical uncertainty in predicting global warming.
(Study Suggests Trees' Potential to Slow Global Warming in Next 100 Years, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
When they added a compound that prevents extra phosphate groups from attaching to tau, it prevented the formation of tau tangles, even when amyloid plaques were present.
(Human Cells Model Alzheimer’s Disease, NIH)
DNA constructs that are composed of, at least, a REPLICATION ORIGIN, for successful replication, propagation to and maintenance as an extra chromosome in bacteria.
(Bacterial Artificial Chromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The coat is very full, moderately long, with a ruff around the neck and extra feathering on the underside, legs, and tail.
(Belgian Sheepdog, NCI Thesaurus)
When these extra cells form a mass, it is called a tumor.
(Benign Tumors, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A benign neoplasm that arises from mesenchymal cells in extra skeletal sites.
(Benign Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
The release of the extra hedgehog proteins is need for only a short while, he added.
(Protein Discovery Could Help Heal Bones in Diabetics, VOA)
Adding extra zinc accelerated the switch—but not when we reduced the accumulation of Shank 2 or 3, explains Dr. Huong Ha - the study's lead author, a former Stanford graduate student.
(Zinc Deficiency during Pregnancy Linked to Autism in Babies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The research has also quantified exactly how many extra calories we burn when we remain standing: 45 kilocalories more, per six-hour period, than when lying or sitting.
(Spending more time standing helps increase energy expenditure and combats the effects of a sedentary lifestyle, University of Granada)
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