EXTRA


Meaning of EXTRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ekstrə ]

( extras)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

You use extra to describe an amount, person, or thing that is added to others of the same kind, or that can be added to others of the same kind.

Police warned motorists to allow extra time to get to work...

Extra staff have been taken on to cover busy periods...

There’s an extra blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.

= additional

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If something is extra , you have to pay more money for it in addition to what you are already paying for something.

The price of your meal is extra.

ADJ : v-link ADJ

Extra is also a pronoun.

Many of the additional features now cost extra...

PRON

Extra is also an adverb.

You may be charged 10% extra for this service.

ADV

3.

Extras are additional amounts of money that are added to the price that you have to pay for something.

There are no hidden extras.

N-COUNT : usu pl

4.

Extras are things which are not necessary in a situation, activity, or object, but which make it more comfortable, useful, or enjoyable.

Optional extras include cooking tuition at a top restaurant...

N-COUNT : usu pl

5.

The extras in a film are the people who play unimportant parts, for example as members of a crowd.

N-COUNT

6.

You can use extra in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize the quality that they are describing. ( INFORMAL )

I’d have to be extra careful...

What makes a magnificent garden extra special?...

= especially

ADV : ADV adj / adv [ emphasis ]

7.

to go the extra mile: see mile

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