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UK
/ɛkstɹˈiːm/
]
[ US /ɛkˈstɹim/ ]
[ US /ɛkˈstɹim/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
beyond a norm in views or actions
an extreme liberal
an extreme conservative
extreme views on integration
extreme opinions -
most distant in any direction
the extreme edge of town -
far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
extreme danger
extreme temperatures
an extreme example -
of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
utmost contempt
in the uttermost distress
extreme pleasure
extreme caution
to the utmost degree
extreme cold
NOUN
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the furthest or highest degree of something
he carried it to extremes - the point located farthest from the middle of something
How To Use extreme In A Sentence
- Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
- I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- The film print is extremely clean with only a little bit of grain.
- There were only a few rapids and they were extremely tame.
- The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
- He added: 'I consider them insidious and extremely dangerous. Times, Sunday Times
- You should need some extreme persuasion - far more than the directors say-so in the accounts - to decide that a company bleeding cash might be turning a profit.
- Suppose you were driving your car on a rainy night, or an extremely hot night. Christianity Today
- Regardless of how skilled she knew she was, the extreme risk and danger of what she was about to undertake wasn't lost on her.