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How to pronounce “extra”
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Pronunciation guide for extra
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of extra with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dark Matter and Dark Energy
the idea of extra dimensions of space
- Definition summary
- (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce extra
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
the idea of extra dimensions of space
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “extra”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
- (comparable, slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.
- [Adverb]
- (informal) To an extraordinary degree.
- [Noun]
- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
- (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
- Something of an extra quality or grade. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Singapore, military, countable) A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends) in camp, as a form of punishment. Used in the phrase “to sign extra”, meaning one has been assigned extras as punishment.
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