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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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   • 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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   • It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper. Extreme definition: of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average. See examples of EXTREME used in a sentence.

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   • You can use extremes to refer to situations or types of behaviour that have opposite qualities to each other, especially when each situation or type of behaviour has such a quality to the greatest degree possible. The extreme end or edge of something is its furthest end or edge. ...the room at the extreme end of the corridor.

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   • 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.

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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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   1. being of a high or of the highest degree or intensity. extreme cold. extreme difficulty. 2. exceeding what is usual or reasonable; immoderate. extreme behaviour. 3. very strict, rigid, or severe; drastic.

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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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