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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#m1)

2) Very great or very good: «extraordinary talent». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#m2)

3) (formal) Extra or special, outside the normal plan: «an extraordinary meeting». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x1)
- She showed extraordinary courage in the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x2)
- It's extraordinary that the cat found its way home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x3)
- The octopus is an extraordinary animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x4)
- He has an extraordinary memory for numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x5)
- The council held an extraordinary meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x6)
- "What an adventure! how extraordinary!" she cried. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/#x7)

### 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).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extraordinary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extraordinary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.