extreme
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adjective
1.
of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures.
2.
utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy.
3.
farthest from the center or middle; outermost; endmost: the extreme limits of a town.
5.
exceeding the bounds of moderation: extreme fashions.
noun
9.
the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree: cautious to an extreme.
10.
one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible: the extremes of joy and grief.
11.
the furthest or utmost length; an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average: extremes in dress.
12.
an extreme act, measure, condition, etc.: the extreme of poverty.
13.
Mathematics.
a.
the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series.
b.
a relative maximum or relative minimum value of a function in a given region.
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Related forms
ex·treme·ness, noun
o·ver·ex·treme, adjective
qua·si-ex·treme, adjective
su·per·ex·treme, adjective
su·per·ex·treme·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. greatest, highest; superlative. 3. ultimate, last, uttermost, remotest. 6. extravagant, immoderate, excessive, fanatical, uncompromising, unreasonable. See radical.
2. greatest, highest; superlative. 3. ultimate, last, uttermost, remotest. 6. extravagant, immoderate, excessive, fanatical, uncompromising, unreasonable. See radical.
Antonyms
6. moderate.
6. moderate.
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extreme (ɪkˈstriːm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 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: an extreme measure |
| 4. | (prenominal) farthest or outermost in direction: the extreme boundary |
| 5. | meteorol of, relating to, or characteristic of a continental climate |
| —n | |
| 6. | the highest or furthest degree (often in the phrases in the extreme, go to extremes) |
| 7. | (often plural) either of the two limits or ends of a scale or range of possibilities: extremes of temperature |
| 8. | maths |
| a. the first or last term of a series or a proportion | |
| b. a maximum or minimum value of a function | |
| 9. | logic the subject or predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism |
| [C15: from Latin extrēmus outermost, from exterus on the outside; see | |
| ex'tremeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
extreme
mid-15c., from L. extremus "outermost, utmost," superlative of exterus (see exterior). In English as in Latin, not always felt as a superlative, hence more extreme, most extreme (which were condemned by Johnson). The noun is first recorded 1540s, originally of the end of
life, cf. Latin in extremis. Extreme unction preserves the sense of last, latest (15c.). As a noun, c.1600, in in the extreme, etc. Extremes opposite ends of anything is from 1550s.
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Example sentences
The reason of this extreme difficulty comes from the fact that the principles of pleasure are not firm and stable.
And in truth the sun has extreme power here, since it is within twenty-six degrees of the equinoctial line.
They are so extreme, in fact, that no one really knows what they are.
Another example, impure in the extreme, is the national debt.
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