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What is something extraordinary?
Something extraordinary goes above and beyond what is expected. This can be good or bad. Saving a child from a burning building is an extraordinary act of heroism, but a test score of 11 out of 100 is extraordinary too. The extra- in extraordinary means “outside” the ordinary.
What is a sentence for extraordinary?
Extraordinary sentence example. A revulsion of feeling soon led to his reinstatement, apparently with extraordinary powers. That made an extraordinary long hole, as you may imagine, and reached far down into the earth; and, as I leaned over it to try to see to the bottom, I lost my balance and tumbled in.
Is it extraordinary or extraordinary?
Extraordinary is the normal spelling.
Why is the word extraordinary?
Such is the case with the word extra and the prefix extra-. In contrast, the prefix extra- means “outside or beyond.” Attached to “ordinary,” in “It was an extraordinary day,” the meaning changes markedly, to “It was a day beyond ordinary.”
How do you use the word extraordinary in a sentence?
Extraordinary sentence example
- My parents were extraordinary people.
- He is well known because of an extraordinary practice.
- The first fifteen years of the nineteenth century in Europe present an extraordinary movement of millions of people.
- The wind in the upper atmosphere has extraordinary amounts of energy.
What’s the difference between extraordinary and extraordinary?
Extraordinary is the normal spelling. Extra ordinary might suggest it was very ordinary, which is the opposite of what the song means.
What is extraordinary person?
(ɪkstrɔrdənɛri ) adjective. If you describe something or someone as extraordinary, you mean that they have some extremely good or special quality. [approval]
Why do we say extraordinary?
“Extraordinary” means very unusual or remarkable. It also means additional or specially employed or convened. Both senses are in keeping with the root meaning in Latin extra ordinem (‘outside the normal course of events’). The construction “extra ordinary” just means “very ordinary” — and stylistically inelegant.