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English Dictionary: extra by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extra
adv
  1. unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"
adj
  1. more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
    Synonym(s): excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus
  2. added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put on special buses for the big game"
    Synonym(s): extra, special
  3. further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"
    Synonym(s): extra, additional
n
  1. a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, {spear carrier}, extra]
  2. an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
  3. something additional of the same kind; "he always carried extras in case of an emergency"
    Synonym(s): extra, duplicate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Extra \Ex"tra\, n.
      1. Something in addition to what is due, expected, or
            customary; esp., an added charge or fee, or something for
            which an additional charge is made.
  
      2. An edition of a newspaper issued at a time other than the
            regular one.
  
      3. (Cricket) A run, as from a bye, credited to the general
            score but not made from a hit.
  
      4. Something of an extra quality or grade.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Extra \Ex"tra\, a.
      Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary;
      additional; supernumerary; also, extraordinarily good;
      superior; as, extra work; extra pay. [bd]By working extra
      hours.[b8] --H. Spencer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Extra \Ex"tra\, n.; pl. {Extras}.
      Something in addition to what is due, expected, or customary;
      something in addition to the regular charge or compensation,
      or for which an additional charge is made; as, at European
      hotels lights are extras. [Colloq.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   EXTRA
  
      Object-oriented, Pascal style, handles sets.   "A Data Model
      and Query Language for EXODUS", M.J. Carey et al, SIGMOD 88
      Conf Proc, pp.413- 423, ACM SIGMOD Record 17:3 (Sept 1988).
  
  
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