extravagance
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ex·trav·a·gance
(ĭk-străv′ə-gəns)n.
1. The quality of being extravagant: the extravagance of the furnishings; the extravagance of his rhetoric.
2. Immoderate spending: His extravagance led to his financial ruin.
3. Something extravagant. See Synonyms at luxury.
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extravagance
(ɪkˈstrævəɡəns) orextravagancy
n
1. excessive outlay of money; wasteful spending
2. immoderate or absurd speech or behaviour
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ex•trav•a•gance
(ɪkˈstræv ə gəns)n.
1. excessive or unnecessary outlay of money.
2. unrestrained excess, as of actions or opinions.
3. something extravagant.
[1635–45; < French, Middle French]
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Noun | 1. | extravagance - the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" excessiveness, inordinateness, excess - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
2. | extravagance - the trait of spending extravagantly improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources | |
3. | extravagance - excessive spending waste, wastefulness, dissipation - useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly; "if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste"; "mindless dissipation of natural resources" |
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extravagance
noun
1. overspending, squandering, profusion, profligacy, wastefulness, waste, lavishness, prodigality, improvidence He was accused of gross mismanagement and financial extravagance.
2. luxury, treat, indulgence, extra, frill, nonessential Her only extravagance was shoes.
3. excess, folly, exaggeration, absurdity, recklessness, wildness, dissipation, outrageousness, unreasonableness, preposterousness, immoderation, exorbitance, unrestraint the ridiculous extravagance of his claims
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extravagance
noun1. A condition of going or being beyond what is needed, desired, or appropriate:
2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure:
3. Something costly and unnecessary:
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Translations
تَبْذير، إفْراط
ekstravaganceluksus
szertelenség
óhófleg eyîslusemi; óhóf
čudaškostzapravljivost
müsriflik
extravagance
[ɪksˈtrævəgəns] N1. (= wastefulness) → derroche m, despilfarro m
2. (= indulgence) → extravagancia f
buying a yacht is just an extravagance → comprar un yate es una extravagancia
I know it's an extravagance, but I love lobster → ya sé que es una extravagancia, pero me encanta la langosta
caviare! I'm not used to such extravagance → ¡caviar! no estoy acostumbrada a estos lujos
buying a yacht is just an extravagance → comprar un yate es una extravagancia
I know it's an extravagance, but I love lobster → ya sé que es una extravagancia, pero me encanta la langosta
caviare! I'm not used to such extravagance → ¡caviar! no estoy acostumbrada a estos lujos
3. (fig) [of praise] → lo excesivo; [of claim, opinion] → lo extraordinario; [of behaviour, gesture] → lo extravagante
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extravagance
[ɪkˈstrævəgəns] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
extravagance
n
→ Luxus m no pl; (= wastefulness) → Verschwendung f; her extravagance → ihre Verschwendungssucht; if you can’t forgive her little extravagances → wenn Sie es ihr nicht verzeihen können, dass sie sich ab und zu einen kleinen Luxus leistet; the extravagance of her tastes → ihr kostspieliger or teurer Geschmack; the extravagance of her daily life → ihr luxuriöses Alltagsleben; a life of such extravagance → ein derart luxuriöser Lebensstil; the extravagance of a big wedding → der Aufwand einer großen Hochzeitsfeier
(= extravagant action or notion) → Extravaganz f
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extravagance
[ɪksˈtrævəgəns] n (excessive spending) → sperpero; (wastefulness) → spreco; (thing bought) → stravaganzaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
extravagant
(ikˈstrӕvəgənt) adjective1. using or spending too much; wasteful. He's extravagant with money; an extravagant use of materials/energy.
2. (of ideas, emotions etc) exaggerated or too great. extravagant praise.
exˈtravagantly adverbexˈtravagance noun
His wife's extravagance reduced them to poverty; Food is a necessity, but wine is an extravagance.
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