extreme
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4.2
- noun
- /ɪkˈstrim/
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extremo
- "To anyone unfamiliar with the extremes of alcoholism, it is a terrifying sight.
- temperature extremes
- avoid extremes
- take to extremes
And they will go to any extreme to tell you that he isn't.
- And they will go to any extreme to tell you that he isn't.
- So we speak in such extremes about each other.
- OK, so these are sort of the two extremes for cache design.
- And I feel like we've just been in such extremes for so many years.
- There are two false extremes that you could be drawn towards.
- It goes to an extreme, babies playing near fires.
Examples
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Most companies struggle to find some point between these two extremes, and that is not easily done.
Academic text (1990) -
The country's basic political power lies at the center, not the extremes, of the ideological spectrum.
Academic text (1990) -
And those people are at the extreme, at least in the West.
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But I think the question is about the extreme storms and the drought.
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The 27 athletes who scored at each extreme were chosen for further analysis.
Academic text (1999) -
And those are the two extremes that were unable to see truth.
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It's hard to make housing that will keep you comfortable in both extremes, especially without electricity.
Fiction book (1991) -
He goes to extremes to protect his privacy.
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Most Jews fall somewhere between these extremes, valuing Jewish distinctiveness but also identifying strongly with Danish culture.
Academic text (1999) -
The marathon runner pushed herself to the extreme of her abilities to finish the race.
Synonyms
432
1.0
The greatest amount or number allowed
136
3.4
The limit of how far or how much something can go
11
3.7
The top level that something reaches
7
3.2
The highest allowed amount or value of something
2
6.8
The farthest edge of an area or place
2
6.5
At the highest possible level
1
7.0
How far something goes beyond normal limits
1
9.9
The best or most perfect example of something
A point farthest from the center of something
The final, most extreme level of something
Idioms
Compounds
1
8.4
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
- Archaic
1
9.9
A ceremony in which a priest puts oil on a dying person and prays for them
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extreme comes from the Latin extremus, which means 'outermost' or 'far end', and is related to the common word extra meaning 'outside'. So, an extreme is a place or degree at the very far end of something.