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   extreme

   /ɪkˈstriːm/

   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) far from moderate, especially politically: "groups of his more extreme supporters rioted in front of parliament" Similar radicalextremistimmoderateexaggeratedintemperateoutrageousunreasonablefanaticaldiehardoverzealousrevolutionaryrebelrebellioussubversivemilitantcombativeinformal:over the topOTTswivel-eyedOpposite moderate
   • ▪ denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great risk: "extreme sports like snowboarding" Similar dangeroushazardousriskyhigh-riskrecklessfoolhardydaredevilbreakneckdaringadventurousOpposite safetame
   • 2. furthest from the centre or a given point: "the extreme north-west 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: "we represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the Old Guard, I one of the radicals" 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 measure: "the extreme of applying for poor relief"
   • 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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   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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