Usually means: Beyond what is usual, necessary.
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General (31 matching dictionaries)
  1. extra, extra-: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. extra, extra-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. extra, extra-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. extra, extra-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. extra: Vocabulary.com
  6. Extra, extra, extra-, eXtra: Wordnik
  7. extra, extra-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. extra, extra-: Wiktionary
  9. extra, extra-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. extra, extra (extro-): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. extra: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Extra-, Extra, extra, extra-: Dictionary.com
  13. extra: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. extra: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. EXTRA, Extra (American TV program), Extra (Australian TV channel), Extra (Australian TV program), Extra (Coop), Extra (Gilberto Gil album), Extra (TV channel), Extra (TV program), Extra (U.S. TV program), Extra (acting), Extra (actor), Extra (cricket), Extra (disambiguation), Extra (film), Extra (franchise), Extra (gum), Extra (news), Extra (newspaper), Extra (retail chain), Extra (sailing), Extra (service areas), Extra (supermarket), Extra (television show), Extra, Extra: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Extra-, Extra: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. extra, extra-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. extra: Rhymezone
  19. Extra-, Extra (nt), extra, extra, extra, extra: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. extra: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. extra, extra-: MyWord.info
  22. extra, extra-: Free Dictionary
  23. extra: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. extra: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. extra, extra, extra-: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  4. extra-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. extra: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. EXTRA: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. EXTRA, extra: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  2. Extra-: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. extra-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. EXTRA: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. extra: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. extra: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. extra, extra: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Extra: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (not comparable) Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
adjective:  (not comparable, dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.
adjective:  (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.
noun:  An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event.
noun:  (cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
noun:  (acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
noun:  (slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.
noun:  Something of an extra quality or grade.

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