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   Ex·treme

   /ikˈstrēm/

   

   adjective

   • 1. reaching a high or the highest degree; very great: "extreme cold" Similar utmostuttermostvery greatgreatestgreatest possiblemaximummaximalhighestultimatesupremeparamountgreatacutemajorintenseenormousseverehighsuperlativeexceptionalextraordinaryOpposite slight
   • ▪ not usual; exceptional: "in extreme cases the soldier may be discharged"
   • ▪ very severe or serious: "expulsion is an extreme sanction" Similar drasticseriousforcefuldesperatedireradicalfar-reachingmomentousconsequentialsubstantialunrelentingunbendingunyieldingremorselessuncompromisingunmitigatedheavysharpsevereausteresternharshtoughstrictrigorousswingeingpunishingpunitiveexcessiveoppressivedraconianferociousOpposite mild
   • ▪ (of a person or their opinions) advocating severe or drastic measures; far from moderate, especially politically: "the party has expelled some of its more extreme members" Similar radicalextremistimmoderateexaggeratedintemperateoutrageousunreasonablefanaticaldiehardoverzealousrevolutionaryrebelrebellioussubversivemilitantcombativeinformal:over the topOTTswivel-eyedOpposite moderate
   • ▪ denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great physical risk, such as parachuting or whitewater rafting: "extreme sports like snowboarding" Similar dangeroushazardousriskyhigh-riskrecklessfoolhardydaredevilbreakneckdaringadventurousOpposite safetame
   • 2. furthest from the center or a given point; outermost: "the extreme northwest of Scotland" Similar furthestfarthestfurthermostfarthermostfurthest/farthest awayveryutmostoutermostmost distantaftermostendmostultimatefinallastterminalremotestrare:outmostOpposite near

   noun

   • 1. either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible: "unbridled talk at one extreme and total silence at the other" Similar oppositeantithesis(other) side of the coin(opposite) polecontrary(exclusive) alternativeopposing pairrare:antipodeOpposite medium
   • ▪ the highest or most extreme degree of something: "extremes of temperature" Similar limitextremityhighest/greatest degreemaximumheighthighlowceilingtopzenithpinnaclepeakapexclimaxultimateoptimumacmeepitomeOpposite minimum
   • ▪ a very severe or serious act: "he was unwilling to go to the extreme of civil war"
   • 2. the subject or predicate in a proposition, or the major or minor term in a syllogism (as contrasted with the middle term).

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus ‘outermost, utmost’, superlative of exterus ‘outer’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. extremeness noun

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   What are some examples of extremes?

   • extreme measures. extreme joy. the extreme limits of a town. an object at the extreme point of vision. extreme fashions. an extreme conservative. extreme hopes. extreme skiing. cautious to an extreme. the extremes of joy and grief. extremes in dress. the extreme of poverty. Mathematics. the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series.

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   What does Extreme Mean?

   • extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree. Adjective The plant is sensitive to extreme heat and cold. They are living in extreme poverty. She went on an extreme diet.

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   What does extreme end mean?

   • The extreme end or edge of something is its furthest end or edge. ...the room at the extreme end of the corridor. ...winds from the extreme north. 6. 7. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is the difference between exorbitant and extreme?

   • exorbitant implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree. extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree. Adjective The plant is sensitive to extreme heat and cold. They are living in extreme poverty.

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   noun. the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree: cautious to an extreme. one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible: the extremes of joy and grief. the furthest or utmost length; an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average: extremes in dress.

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   adverb

   •It is extremely [=very] hot/cold in here.

   •She is extremely generous.

   •The story has an extremely complicated plot.

   •It is extremely [=highly, very] unlikely that we will know anyone there.

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   formal

   : to the greatest possible degree — used to make a statement more forceful

   •I'm finding it difficult in the extreme [=very/extremely difficult] to deal with this situation.

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   Something extreme is far out, either in terms of distance or intensity. Extreme sports are wild or dangerous, and an extreme height is very high. When you talk about extreme things, you're talking about things that are very, very...something. An extreme point is the farthest distance from a place.

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