--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 41 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/41/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 41 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To destroy completely, wiping out every one of something.[↗](../../exterminate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die; and thou shalt exterminate the evil from Israel.[↗](../../exterminate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.17.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../exterminate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **exterminated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Exterminated means killed completely, so that a whole group of animals, insects or pests is destroyed.[↗](../../exterminated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In history, it can describe the mass killing of a group of people, which is one of the worst crimes.[↗](../../exterminated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The termites in the shed were exterminated.[↗](../../exterminated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dodo was hunted until it was exterminated.[↗](../../exterminated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Millions of people were exterminated in the Holocaust.[↗](../../exterminated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wolves were exterminated from Britain hundreds of years ago.[↗](../../exterminated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The council exterminated the rats near the bins.[↗](../../exterminated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the robots wanted every human exterminated.[↗](../../exterminated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If you do not do this I will land all my cats upon your island, and you shall be exterminated.”[↗](../../exterminated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extermination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The complete destruction of a pest, a group or a thing, so that none is left.[↗](../../extermination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmers worked for the extermination of the rats.[↗](../../extermination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The goddess loved extermination.[↗](../../extermination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan was the extermination of the weeds in the garden.[↗](../../extermination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more extermination; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.[↗](../../extermination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.14.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extermination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.[↗](../../extermination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extermination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with righteousness.[↗](../../extermination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extermination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **external** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* On the outside, or coming from the outside.[↗](../../external/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coming from another place or person, not your own school or group: «an external examiner».[↗](../../external/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medicine) For use on the outside of the body only, not to be swallowed.[↗](../../external/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The skin is the body's external covering.[↗](../../external/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This cream is for external use only.[↗](../../external/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Paint the external walls of the shed.[↗](../../external/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The external angle of a triangle is outside the shape.[↗](../../external/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An external examiner came to mark our music test.[↗](../../external/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · External noise from the road made it hard to sleep.[↗](../../external/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Insects have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton.[↗](../../external/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Nothing at all," answered their mother; "that's only something external.[↗](../../external/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **externally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Externally means on the outside or from the outside.[↗](../../externally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Externally can mean from outside a group or organisation, such as externally marked exams.[↗](../../externally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This cream should be used externally only — do not swallow it.[↗](../../externally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Externally, the house looked fine, but inside it was a mess.[↗](../../externally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The exam papers are marked externally.[↗](../../externally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mirror is externally damaged but still works.[↗](../../externally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He looked calm externally, but inside he was nervous.[↗](../../externally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The heater is mounted externally on the wall.[↗](../../externally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He consulted many doctors far and near, and took all kinds of medicines both internally and externally.[↗](../../externally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extinct** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An extinct animal or plant no longer exists anywhere in the world, because every last one has died.[↗](../../extinct/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An extinct volcano is one that will never erupt again.[↗](../../extinct/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An extinct custom, job or language is no longer used or done.[↗](../../extinct/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A family line that is extinct has no living members left.[↗](../../extinct/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.[↗](../../extinct/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dodo became extinct because people hunted it.[↗](../../extinct/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tigers could go extinct if their forests are cut down.[↗](../../extinct/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Edinburgh Castle stands on an extinct volcano.[↗](../../extinct/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some old languages are now extinct.[↗](../../extinct/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study fossils to learn about extinct animals.[↗](../../extinct/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Saving habitats stops animals from going extinct.[↗](../../extinct/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "The family is extinct, the house has been pulled down, and where it stood is now the stately poultry-house, with gilded weathercocks, and the old Poultry Meg.[↗](../../extinct/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.[↗](../../extinct/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extinct/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power — they lie down together, they shall not rise, they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick: (Prophets ISA.43.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extinct/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **extinction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When a kind of animal or plant dies out completely, so there are none left anywhere.[↗](../../extinction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something being put out or ended, such as a fire or light.[↗](../../extinction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dodo was hunted to extinction.[↗](../../extinction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many tigers are facing extinction.[↗](../../extinction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A huge asteroid may have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.[↗](../../extinction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoos help save animals from extinction.[↗](../../extinction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollution could push the frogs to extinction.[↗](../../extinction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Extinction is forever — the animals never come back.[↗](../../extinction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists study fossils to learn about past extinctions.[↗](../../extinction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I did not anticipate this immediate extinction of the species."[↗](../../extinction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **extinguish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To extinguish a fire or light is to put it out so it stops burning or shining.[↗](../../extinguish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To end or destroy something such as hope.[↗](../../extinguish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Firefighters extinguished the blaze in an hour.[↗](../../extinguish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Please extinguish all candles before bed.[↗](../../extinguish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fire blanket can extinguish a small pan fire.[↗](../../extinguish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use water to extinguish an oil fire.[↗](../../extinguish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bad news extinguished her hopes.[↗](../../extinguish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Smokers must extinguish cigarettes here.[↗](../../extinguish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.[↗](../../extinguish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.32.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extinguish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extinguished** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extinguished means put out, so a fire or light stops burning or shining.[↗](../../extinguished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Extinguished means ended or destroyed completely: «All hope was extinguished.».[↗](../../extinguished/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Firefighters extinguished the fire in an hour.[↗](../../extinguished/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She extinguished the candle with a snuffer.[↗](../../extinguished/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The campfire must be fully extinguished before you leave.[↗](../../extinguished/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their hopes were extinguished when the bus left without them.[↗](../../extinguished/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The streetlights were extinguished at dawn.[↗](../../extinguished/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use water on an oil fire; a fire blanket extinguishes it safely.[↗](../../extinguished/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished.[↗](../../extinguished/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extinguisher** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A metal container, usually red, filled with water, foam, powder or gas, used to put out a fire; full name «fire extinguisher».[↗](../../extinguisher/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anything that puts out a fire or a light, such as a candle snuffer.[↗](../../extinguisher/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a fire extinguisher by every classroom door.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighter showed us how an extinguisher works.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use a water extinguisher on an electrical fire.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chef used a fire extinguisher on the burning pan.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The extinguisher is checked every year.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Children should leave the building, not grab the extinguisher.[↗](../../extinguisher/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **extinguishing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Putting out a fire or a light so it stops burning: extinguishing the campfire.[↗](../../extinguishing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Ending or destroying something completely: extinguishing all hope.[↗](../../extinguishing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Firefighters spent hours extinguishing the forest fire.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We were extinguishing the campfire with buckets of water.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A fire blanket helps in extinguishing a small pan fire.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Never use water for extinguishing an oil fire.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Extinguishing the candles, Mum turned on the lights.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bad news was extinguishing all our hope.[↗](../../extinguishing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **extirpate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To extirpate something is to destroy it completely, pulling it out by the roots.[↗](../../extirpate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A species is extirpated from an area when it dies out there but still lives elsewhere.[↗](../../extirpate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (medical) To extirpate can mean to remove an organ or growth completely by surgery.[↗](../../extirpate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The government tried to extirpate the disease completely.[↗](../../extirpate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Beavers were extirpated from England but have now returned.[↗](../../extirpate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gardeners try to extirpate weeds by the roots.[↗](../../extirpate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king vowed to extirpate all rebels.[↗](../../extirpate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The species is extirpated from Ireland but still lives in Scotland.[↗](../../extirpate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The surgeon extirpated the growth.[↗](../../extirpate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **extol** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To praise someone very highly, or to lift them up in words.[↗](../../extol/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.[↗](../../extol/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.66.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extol/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I will extol Thee, my God, O King; and I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.[↗](../../extol/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.145.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extol/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.[↗](../../extol/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.4.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extol/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **extortion** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Taking money or goods from people by force or threats.[↗](../../extortion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let mine outcasts dwell with thee; as for Moab, be thou a covert to him from the face of the spoiler.'[↗](../../extortion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") For the extortion is at an end, spoiling ceaseth, they that trampled down are consumed out of the land; (Prophets ISA.16.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../extortion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **extra** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extra means more than usual, or more than needed.[↗](../../extra/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An extra is something added on, often for more money.[↗](../../extra/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An extra is a person in the background of a film.[↗](../../extra/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Extra can mean very: extra careful.[↗](../../extra/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She paid $2 extra for cheese.[↗](../../extra/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran 3 extra laps.[↗](../../extra/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many extra chairs are needed?[↗](../../extra/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each extra hour costs $5.[↗](../../extra/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The game went into extra time.[↗](../../extra/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring an extra jumper in case it's cold.[↗](../../extra/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be extra careful on icy paths.[↗](../../extra/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She did extra reading practice.[↗](../../extra/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **extract** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To take or pull something out, often with effort: a tooth, juice, a metal.[↗](../../extract/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To get information or money from someone who does not want to give it.[↗](../../extract/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A short piece taken from a book, film or music.[↗](../../extract/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) A strong liquid taken from a plant or food, such as vanilla extract.[↗](../../extract/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the extract and answer the questions.[↗](../../extract/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist had to extract my wobbly tooth.[↗](../../extract/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We extracted salt from salty water by evaporation.[↗](../../extract/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a few drops of vanilla extract to the cake.[↗](../../extract/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective extracted the truth from the thief.[↗](../../extract/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees extract nectar from flowers.[↗](../../extract/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This extract comes from a famous children's book.[↗](../../extract/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He at once extracted the arrow, and anointed the wound with a salve, the virtue of which had been taught him by Chiron himself.[↗](../../extract/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **extraction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extraction is taking or pulling something out, like a tooth from a mouth or oil from the ground.[↗](../../extraction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Extraction is getting a substance out of a mixture, like getting juice out of fruit or salt from sea water.[↗](../../extraction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A person's extraction is the country or family they come from: «of Irish extraction».[↗](../../extraction/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dentist did an extraction of my wobbly tooth.[↗](../../extraction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Oil extraction can harm the environment.[↗](../../extraction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We did an extraction of colour from beetroot in science.[↗](../../extraction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Salt extraction from sea water uses evaporation.[↗](../../extraction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She is of Italian extraction.[↗](../../extraction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal extraction used to be the town's main job.[↗](../../extraction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The extraction of iron from rock needs a furnace.[↗](../../extraction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My father was a Rocket like myself, and of French extraction.[↗](../../extraction/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **extractor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An extractor (or extractor fan) is a machine that sucks out steam, smoke or smells from a room, such as a kitchen or bathroom.[↗](../../extractor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An extractor is any tool or machine that pulls or takes something out, such as a juice extractor or a splinter extractor.[↗](../../extractor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Turn the extractor fan on when you fry the bacon.[↗](../../extractor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom extractor stops mould growing on the ceiling.[↗](../../extractor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Beekeepers spin the honeycombs in a honey extractor.[↗](../../extractor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum made orange juice in the juice extractor.[↗](../../extractor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The extractor hood above the cooker was greasy.[↗](../../extractor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The noisy extractor hummed all night in the hotel.[↗](../../extractor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist used a small tool, a kind of extractor, on my tooth.[↗](../../extractor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **extraordinarily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To an unusual degree; very much more than usual.[↗](../../extraordinarily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She was extraordinarily beautiful.[↗](../../extraordinarily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was extraordinarily bright.[↗](../../extraordinarily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was extraordinarily hot today.[↗](../../extraordinarily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **extraordinary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extraordinary means very unusual, surprising or special, much more than ordinary.[↗](../../extraordinary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Very great or very good: «extraordinary talent».[↗](../../extraordinary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Extra or special, outside the normal plan: «an extraordinary meeting».[↗](../../extraordinary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The magician did an extraordinary trick.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She showed extraordinary courage in the storm.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's extraordinary that the cat found its way home.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The octopus is an extraordinary animal.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He has an extraordinary memory for numbers.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The council held an extraordinary meeting.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "What an adventure! how extraordinary!" she cried.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].[↗](../../extraordinary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../extraordinary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He further says: "Many writers have from time to time remarked upon the extraordinary magnitude of the numbers with which we deal in this subject.[↗](../../extraordinary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../extraordinary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **extraterrestrial** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming from or existing outside the Earth, in space, as in «extraterrestrial rocks».[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A living being from another planet, an alien; often shortened to «ET».[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The meteorite in the museum is extraterrestrial.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists are looking for signs of extraterrestrial life.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, a friendly extraterrestrial wants to go home.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · No one has ever found proof of extraterrestrials.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We wrote stories about an extraterrestrial visiting our school.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Telescopes listen for extraterrestrial radio signals.[↗](../../extraterrestrial/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **extravagant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Extravagant means spending much more money than is sensible or needed.[↗](../../extravagant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Extravagant means far too much, fancy or showy, like an extravagant party or costume.[↗](../../extravagant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Extravagant claims or praise go far beyond what is true or reasonable.[↗](../../extravagant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Buying a new phone every month is extravagant.[↗](../../extravagant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen threw an extravagant party with fountains of chocolate.[↗](../../extravagant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her costume was extravagant, with feathers and sparkles.[↗](../../extravagant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert made extravagant claims that the cream stops ageing.[↗](../../extravagant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad said a limousine was too extravagant for my birthday.[↗](../../extravagant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His extravagant spending left him with no savings.[↗](../../extravagant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Such a seemingly extravagant theory, thus roundly asserted, excited much opposition.[↗](../../extravagant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.[↗](../../extravagant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../extravagant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/39/) [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/40/) **41** [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 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