extraordinary

«extraordinary» in Mova's school dictionary: very unusual, surprising or special, much more than ordinary — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Extraordinary means very unusual, surprising or special, much more than ordinary. tree →

2) Very great or very good: «extraordinary talent». tree →

3) (formal) Extra or special, outside the normal plan: «an extraordinary meeting». tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, science (extraordinary discoveries), news and praise. Phrases: «an extraordinary story», «extraordinary courage», «quite extraordinary». It tells the reader something stands out a lot.

examples

• The magician did an extraordinary trick. tree →
• She showed extraordinary courage in the storm. tree →
• It's extraordinary that the cat found its way home. tree →
• The octopus is an extraordinary animal. tree →
• He has an extraordinary memory for numbers. tree →
• The council held an extraordinary meeting. tree →
• "What an adventure! how extraordinary!" she cried. tree →

note

Many people say it «ex-TROR-din-ree», blending «extra» and «ordinary». «An extraordinary» (vowel sound). Adverb: extraordinarily. It does not mean «more ordinary»; it means «beyond ordinary».

In the corpora

• "Extraordinary rendition" means secretly moving a prisoner to another country for interrogation, long hard questioning (US).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «extraordinary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.