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Meaning of 'extreme' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extreme [ a.]
- At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.
- Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.
- The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.
- Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions.
- Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth.
2 . Extreme [ n.]
- The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.
- Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet.
- An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc.
- Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.
- The first or the last term of a proportion or series.

Meaning of 'extreme' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extreme [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the furthest or highest degree of something
Example in sentence:
  • he carried it to extremes
2 . extreme [ s]
Meaning (2):
- beyond a norm in views or actions
Example in sentence:
  • an extreme conservative;
  • an extreme liberal;
  • extreme opinions;
  • extreme views on integration
Meaning (3):
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
Example in sentence:
  • an extreme example;
  • extreme danger;
  • extreme temperatures
Meaning (4):
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
Example in sentence:
  • extreme caution;
  • extreme cold;
  • extreme pleasure;
  • in the uttermost distress;
  • to the utmost degree;
  • utmost contempt
Meaning (5):
- most distant in any direction
Example in sentence:
  • the extreme edge of town

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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