- more than is usual, expected, or than exists already synonym additional
- extra money/cash/funding
- Breakfast is provided at no extra charge.
- The rate for a room is £60, but breakfast is extra.
- plans to offer increased broadband speeds at no extra cost
- Employees are expected to put in extra hours without pay.
- The game comes with lots of extra features.
- extra help for single parents
- a diet that can help you lose that extra weight
- The conference is going to be a lot of extra work.
- The government has promised an extra £1 billion for healthcare.
- Take extra care on the roads this evening.
Extra Examples- an extra pint of milk
- We've had to take on extra staff to cope with the demand.
- It's a big house, but we need the extra space because we have a daughter now.
- We all need to make an extra effort to reduce waste.
- The play is to run for an extra week!
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- (slang) behaving in a way that is too dramatic or shows too much effort
- Calm down—you're being so extra right now.
- You can be really extra and buy a dog birthday cake kit.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as an adjective): probably a shortening of extraordinary, suggested by similar forms in French and German.
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