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Definition of: extra
(eks′trə) adjective
Being over and above what is required; additional.
—noun
1. Something beyond what is usual or required.
2. A copy or an edition of a newspaper issued for some special purpose, or at a time different from that of the regular edition.
3. In cricket, any run resulting from a by, leg–by, no–ball, or wide.
4. Something of a special quality.
5. An actor, not a member of the regular cast, hired for a special scene, as a mob scene, or for a small part.
—adverb Unusually. [<L, outside, beyond]
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