"ab extra" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ab intra"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ab extra",
        "lit": "from outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”)",
      "name": "learned borrowing"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "ab",
        "4": "",
        "5": "from"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin ab (“from”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "extra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "extra (“outside”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ab extra",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From outside."
      ],
      "id": "en-ab_extra-en-adv-wNX5bIJb",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) From outside."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ab extra"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æb ˈɛk.stɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ab extra"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ab intra"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ab extra",
        "lit": "from outside"
      },
      "expansion": "Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”)",
      "name": "learned borrowing"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "ab",
        "4": "",
        "5": "from"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin ab (“from”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "extra",
        "3": "",
        "4": "outside"
      },
      "expansion": "extra (“outside”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the mid 17th century. Learned borrowing from Latin ab extra (literally “from outside”) From Late Latin ab (“from”) extra (“outside”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "ab extra",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English learned borrowings from Latin",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms borrowed from Late Latin",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Late Latin",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sometimes I wonder if this country is being controlled ab extra."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From outside."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles",
          "w:Shorter Oxford English Dictionary"
        ],
        [
          "Oxford University Press",
          "w:Oxford University Press"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) From outside."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ab extra"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æb ˈɛk.stɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ab extra"
}