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Meaning of "extraneous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXTRANEOUS

From Latin extrāneus external, from extrā outside.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTRANEOUS

extraneous  [ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTRANEOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extraneous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXTRANEOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of extraneous in the English dictionary

The first definition of extraneous in the dictionary is not essential. Other definition of extraneous is not pertinent or applicable; irrelevant. Extraneous is also coming from without; of external origin.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTRANEOUS


araneous
əˈreɪnɪəs
Ascanius
æˈskeɪnɪəs
calcaneus
kælˈkeɪnɪəs
circumforaneous
ˌsɜːkəmfəˈreɪnɪəs
Comenius
kəˈmeɪnɪəs
contemporaneous
kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
cotemporaneous
kəʊˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
cutaneous
kjuːˈteɪnɪəs
extemporaneous
ɪkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
extraforaneous
ˌɛkstrəfəˈreɪnɪəs
instantaneous
ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs
membraneous
mɛmˈbreɪnɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
mucocutaneous
ˌmjuːkəʊkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
percutaneous
ˌpɜːkjʊˈteɪnɪəs
simultaneous
ˌsɪməlˈteɪnɪəs
spontaneous
spɒnˈteɪnɪəs
subcutaneous
ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
subterraneous
ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪəs
temporaneous
ˌtempəˈreɪnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTRANEOUS

extraliterary
extrality
extralogical
extramarital
extrametrical
extramundane
extramural
extramurally
extramusical
extraneity
extraneously
extraneousness
extranet
extranuclear
extraordinaire
extraordinarily
extraordinariness
extraordinary
extraordinary general meeting
extraordinary ray

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTRANEOUS

aeneous
coetaneous
consanguineous
corneous
erroneous
gorgeous
gramineous
heterogeneous
homogeneous
igneous
inhomogeneous
intracutaneous
ligneous
musculocutaneous
nonhomogeneous
porcellaneous
pyroligneous
sanguineous
subspontaneous
ultroneous
vimineous

Synonyms and antonyms of extraneous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXTRANEOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «extraneous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of extraneous

Translation of «extraneous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTRANEOUS

Find out the translation of extraneous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extraneous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extraneous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无关
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ajeno
570 millions of speakers

English

extraneous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دخيلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

посторонний
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estranho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদেশী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

étranger
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luaran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fremd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無関係な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

외부
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extraneous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không liên quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புறம்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रगत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konu ile ilgisi olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estraneo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zewnętrzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сторонній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

străine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξωγενείς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Vreemde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovidkommande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overflødig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extraneous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRANEOUS»

The term «extraneous» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTRANEOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extraneous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extraneous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extraneous

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7 QUOTES WITH «EXTRANEOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word extraneous.
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Robert Bringhurst
How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true.
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Howard Hodgkin
I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.
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Primo Levi
Human memory is a marvelous but fallacious instrument. The memories which lie within us are not carved in stone; not only do they tend to become erased as the years go by, but often they change, or even increase by incorporating extraneous features.
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Haley Joel Osment
My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business.
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Lee Rich
Extraneous violence is totally wrong. 'Robocop' was violence for violence's sake - you don't shoot somebody's arm off.
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Peter Serafinowicz
Twitter taught me how to become better at writing jokes because it forces you to chip away at all the extraneous words.
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Dick Wolf
Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated form. It disciplines you to cut away extraneous information.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTRANEOUS»

Discover the use of extraneous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extraneous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Extraneous: The Word Foundation A-Fact-Oid-God
The layout of this book is to give, to all the readers and hearers, a fresh new understanding of words, "positively charged" to do a good work in all things.
David Burton Loomis, 2011
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Single Subject Designs in Biomedicine
is of limited pragmatic value if this assumption is violated and the introduction of the independent variable is correlated with the introduction of an extraneous variable, which in turn influences the dependent variable. If there is covariation within ...
‎2009
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Methods in Educational Research: From Theory to Practice
Step 5: Select Participants and Control Extraneous Variables Unlike participants in experimental research, the participants in causal- comparative research already belong to groups based on their past experiences, and the researcher selects ...
Marguerite G. Lodico, Dean T. Spaulding, Katherine H. Voegtle, 2010
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Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to ...
These unwanted influences stem from one or more of the following: extraneous variables, bias, the Hawthorne effect, and the passage of time. These four will be discussed in turn, along with some suggestions for controlling their effects.
Marilynn J. Wood, Janet C. Kerr, 2006
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The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
If there are no extraneous forces, the moment of momentum about any fixed axis is constant. For in time 5* the mutual action between two particles at P and Q produces equal and opposite momenta in the line PQ, and these will have equal  ...
Hugh Chisholm, 1911
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Handbook of Research on Electronic Surveys and Measurements
Theorists recently have begun to distinguish between two other types of cognitive load: extraneous and germane cognitive load (Van Gerven, Paas, van Merriënboer, & Schmidt, 2000, 2002). Extraneous cognitive load does not contribute to ...
Rodney A. Reynolds, Robert Woods, Jason D. Baker, 2007
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Understanding Research in Second Language Learning: A ...
4. Controlling. extraneous. variables. The central issues in thinking about any type of research hinge on whether the research is logical and meaningful. In statistical studies, a number of problems can arise, both within and outside a study, that ...
James Dean Brown, 1988
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e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines ...
Background sounds can overload and disrupt the cognitive system, so the narration and the extraneous sounds must compete for limited cognitive resources in the auditory channel. When learners pay attention to sounds and music, they are ...
Ruth C. Clark, Richard E. Mayer, 2011
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College Algebra
Key. 15. Radical. equations. OVERVIEW An equation in which the variable appears under a radical sign is solved by isolating the radical and then raising each side of the equation to the power that eliminates the radical. Extraneous roots: ...
Lawrence S. Leff, 2005
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Philosophical Transactions
100 grains of this ash contains, of — Sand and charcoal, extraneous . 23-28 Peroxide of iron, extraneous . 2-44 2572 Silica .. 24-89, or, excluding extraneous matter 34-0 Phosphoric acid 21-84, or, excluding extraneous matter 29-7 Sulphuric ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTRANEOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term extraneous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alex Rodriguez's power surge with Yankees still not juicing YES …
... long as he continues being productive) for past “sins,” there is no shot — absolutely none — that extraneous eyeballs from sea to shining sea ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Like Google and Facebook, Twitter Designs Its Own Servers
... servers from the likes of Dell, HP, and IBM are too expensive and too power-hungry and saddled with too much extraneous hardware. «Wired, Jul 15»
3
Elite 11 Finals, day 4: Rutgers quarterback commit Anthony Russo …
There's not a lot of extraneous movement. It just seems like a real simple repeatable kind of process that he goes through. To be honest, I know ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
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How 5 years of burning ambition brought Retro City Rampage to DOS
... a DOS game that requires 8 MB of RAM. So that's why I cut some of the extraneous stuff; but I still got like 99 percent of the game in there. «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
5
F1 2015 review – another pit stop
F1 2015 has been stripped of almost all extraneous game modes, to the point where the only options are normal or pro mode, Time Attack, ... «Metro, Jul 15»
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Tony Abbott calls for Labor support on union reforms, brushes aside …
... credibility as a witness and asked him to curb his at times "extraneous" answers to senior counsel assisting the commission, Jeremy Stoljar. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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U.S. stocks rebound from 4-month lows; global rally
“We're seeing a lot of volatility in the equity market due to the swinging back and fourth in news mostly extraneous to the United States, whether ... «KLFY, Jul 15»
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Rebecca Makkai pushes beyond face value in the complex …
She writes with economic precision, excising extraneous details or extra commas; she designs a catalog of unique structures to convey her ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
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Acclaimed poet, UMass prof. James Tate dies
... reader, somebody who really helped poets figure out what their poems wanted to do and get rid of the extraneous stuff in the way,” he said. «The Recorder, Jul 15»
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Greek Talk in an Austrian Castle
... ancient battles, resource allocations and borders ... all of which inevitably arose in every conversation about Greece--seemed extraneous to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Extraneous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extraneous>. May 2024 ».
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