extreme (ɪkˈstriːm
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Definitions
adjective
- being of a high or of the highest degree or intensity ⇒
extreme cold
extreme difficulty
- exceeding what is usual or reasonable; immoderate ⇒
extreme behaviour
- very strict, rigid, or severe; drastic ⇒
an extreme measure
- (prenominal) farthest or outermost in direction ⇒
the extreme boundary
- meteorology of, relating to, or characteristic of a continental climate
noun
- the highest or furthest degree (often in the phrases in the extreme, go to extremes)
- (often plural) either of the two limits or ends of a scale or range of possibilities ⇒
extremes of temperature
- mathematics
- the first or last term of a series or a proportion
- a maximum or minimum value of a function
- logic the subject or predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism
Alternative Forms
exˈtremeness nounWord Origin
C15: from Latin extrēmus outermost, from exterus on the outside; see exteriorSynonyms
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=
radical,
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Translations
- British English:
extreme
Extreme means very great in degree or intensity....people living in extreme poverty.ɪkˈstriːm ADJECTIVE ...people living in extreme poverty.
- Spanish:
extremo
adj extrema
- French:
extrême
adj
- German:
extrem
adj
- Chinese: 极端的 adj
- Arabic: شَدِيد adj
- Portuguese: extremo adj extrema
- Russian: экстремальный adj экстремальная
- Croatian: ekstreman adj ekstremna
- Czech: extrémní adj
- Danish: ekstrem adj
- Dutch: extreem adj
- Finnish: äärimmäinen adj
- Greek: ακραίος adj ακραία
- Italian: estremo adj estrema
- Japanese: 極度の no_posp
- Korean: 극도의 adj
- Norwegian: ekstrem adj
- Polish: ekstremalny adj ekstremalna
- Brazilian Portuguese: extremo adj extrema
- European Spanish:
extremo
adj extrema
- Swedish: extrem adj extremt
- Thai: ที่สุด adj
- Turkish: aşırı adj
- Vietnamese: cực đoan adj
Usage examples
By the time they disembarked at Lod he was in a state of extreme anxiety in spite of all his partner's soothing reassurances.
, Loaded Questions (1985)The event was originally due to take place in July but extreme windy conditions forced a postponement.
Yachting Boating World (2004)The Burmese military junta has frequently demonstrated its extreme reluctance to relinquish power.
Irish Times (2002)But the spark for Oldham's street violence has undoubtedly been the arrival of the extreme right.
Glasgow Herald (2001)They could thus fall into a proverbial rut that in extreme cases becomes more like a maze.
, MOON ASTROLOGY FOR LOVERS (2002)