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Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

(dated) Extraordinarily good; superior.

(slang) Over the top; going beyond what is normal or appropriate, often in a dramatic manner.

(informal) To an extraordinary degree.

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.

(cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.

(Q658371)(acting) A supernumerary or walk-on in a film or play.

(slang) The state or trait of being over the top, of behaving in an overly dramatic manner.

Something of an extra quality or grade. {{rfex|en}}

A day of extra duties (often, over the weekends) in camp, as a form of punishment. {{n-g|Used in the phrase}} “to sign extra”, {{n-g|meaning one has been assigned extras as punishment}}.