extra
/ˈɛkstɹə/ noun B1- Something additional, such as an item above and beyond the ordinary school curriculum, or added to the usual charge on a bill.
- An extra edition of a newspaper, which is printed outside of the normal printing cycle, for example to report an important late-breaking event. · Extra, extra! Read all about it!
- A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.
- A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.
- The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner. · Stop! I can't deal with all your extra today!
- Something of an extra quality or grade.
- A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends), as a form of punishment.
Plural extras
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The worthy sergeant had recognized the minister’s secretary and the millionnaire, and, by way of paying extra attention to his noble neighbors, promised to keep their places while they paid a visit to Beauchamp.
She intends to give them extra lessons for an hour after school.
On the evening when the Queen’s class first remained in school for the extra lessons and Anne saw Diana go slowly out with the others, to walk home alone through the Birch Path and Violet Vale, it was all the former could do to keep her seat and refrain from rushing impulsively after her chum.
“With extras?” asked the Mock Turtle a little anxiously.
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