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Extreme

ɪkˈstriːm

Extreme definitions
adjective
extreme
  1. reaching a high or the highest degree; very great

    "extreme cold"

    • not usual; exceptional

      "in extreme cases the soldier may be discharged"

    • very severe or serious

      "expulsion is an extreme sanction"

    • (of a person or their opinions) far from moderate, especially politically

      "the party has expelled some of its more extreme members"

    • denoting or relating to a sport performed in a hazardous environment and involving great risk

      "extreme sports like snowboarding"

  2. furthest from the centre or a given point

    "the extreme north-west of Scotland"

noun
extreme extremes
  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"

    opposite antithesis (other) side of the coin (opposite) pole contrary (exclusive) alternative
    • the highest or most extreme degree of something

      "extremes of temperature"

    • 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)