(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ 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 ~ time to get to work...
Extra staff have been taken on to cover busy periods...
There’s an ~ blanket in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.
= additional
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If something is ~, you have to pay more money for it in addition to what you are already paying for something.
The price of your meal is ~.
ADJ: v-link ADJ
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Extra is also a pronoun.
Many of the additional features now cost ~...
PRON
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Extra is also an adverb.
You may be charged 10% ~ 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 ~s.
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 ~s include cooking tuition at a top restaurant...
N-COUNT: usu pl
5.
The ~s in a film are the people who play unimportant parts, for example as members of a crowd.
N-COUNT
6.
You can use ~ in front of adjectives and adverbs to emphasize the quality that they are describing. (INFORMAL)
I’d have to be ~ careful...
What makes a magnificent garden ~ special?...
= especially
ADV: ADV adj/adv emphasis
7.
to go the ~ mile: see mile