extravagant

«extravagant» in Mova's school dictionary: spending much more money than is sensible or needed — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (extravagant, more extravagant); noun extravagance

meaning for a pupil

1) Extravagant means spending much more money than is sensible or needed. tree →

2) Extravagant means far too much, fancy or showy, like an extravagant party or costume. tree →

3) Extravagant claims or praise go far beyond what is true or reasonable. tree →

sense in the lessons

Money lessons (needs vs wants, budgets), stories (a greedy king's extravagant palace), and media (extravagant claims in adverts). Phrases: extravagant gift, extravagant lifestyle, extravagant claims.

examples

• Buying a new phone every month is extravagant. tree →
• The queen threw an extravagant party with fountains of chocolate. tree →
• Her costume was extravagant, with feathers and sparkles. tree →
• The advert made extravagant claims that the cream stops ageing. tree →
• Dad said a limousine was too extravagant for my birthday. tree →
• His extravagant spending left him with no savings. tree →
• Such a seemingly extravagant theory, thus roundly asserted, excited much opposition. tree →

note

Spelling: extrav-A-gant. Opposite: thrifty, sensible, economical. In a money problem, an extravagant choice often costs much more than a budget allows — compare totals.

Trees and pragmatics

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