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Definition of: extra

(ekstrə) 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]

Definition of: extra

Beyond; outside; outside the scope of: extraordinary beyond the ordinary; extraoral outside the mouth. [<L extra-<extra <exter on the outside <ex out]
Extra– may appear as a prefix in hyphemes or solidemes, as in:

extra–alimentaryextra–insular
extra–Americanextra–intellectual
extra–analogicalextra–Judaical
extra–articularextrajugal
extra–artisticextrajural
extra–atmosphericextralegal
extra–axillarextraligamentous
extra–axillaryextralimitary
extra–Britannicextralogical
extrabuccalextramanorial
extrabureauextramarine
extracapsularextramarital
extracarpalextramatrimonial
extracathedralextramedial
extracellularextramental
extracerebralextrametaphysical
extra–Christianextrametropolitan
extracivicextramodal
extraclassroomextramolecular
extraclaustralextramoral
extracloacalextramoralist
extracollegiateextramusical
extraconsciousextranational
extraconstellatedextranatural
extraconstitutionalextranormal
extracorporealextranuclear
extracorpuscularextra–ocular
extracosmicextra–official
extracosmicalextra–oral
extracranialextra–orbital
extraculturalextra–organismal
extracurialextra–ovate
extracutaneousextra–ovular
extradecretalextraparental
extradialectalextraparliamentary
extraduralextraparochial
extra–embryonicextrapatriarchal
extra–Europeanextrapelvic
extrafascicularextraperiodic
extrafloralextraperiosteal
extrafocalextraperitoneal
extrafoliaceousextraphenomenal
extraformalextraphysiological
extragastricextrapituitary
extragenitalextraplanetary
extraglacialextrapleural
extragovernmentalextraprostatic
extragrammaticalextrapulmonary
extrahepaticextrarenal
extrahistoricextraretinal
extrahistoricalextrasacerdotal
extrahumanextrascholastic
extra–industrialextrascriptural
extra–Scripturalextratellurian
extrasensibleextratemporal
extrasocialextraterrene
extrasolarextraterrestrial
extrasomaticextrathoracic
extraspectralextratracheal
extrasphericalextratropical
extraspinalextra–university
extrastateextra–urban
extrasyllabicextravaginal
extrasyllogisticextravisceral
extratabularextrazodiacal

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Statistical data

"extra" has the frequency of use of 0.0166% on city-data.com forum

"extra" has the frequency of use of 0.0046% on en.wikipedia.org.

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