extreme
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3.6
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstrim/
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extremo
- If we don't handle the matter with extreme care, I'm afraid we're in for a major eruption.
- extreme weather
- extreme events
- extreme droughts
And then you see just how much more extreme movies have got.
- And then you see just how much more extreme movies have got.
- Was the Holocaust too extreme to display in art?
- They're basically starting with the extreme views of some scientists.
- And there will be extreme conflict between the two groups.
- And that's this is the most extreme case to put that challenge through.
- You're saying that that the extreme right is not factually correct.
- So that was definitely an extreme case of world building.
- And so I had this extreme resistance to it.
- Just the extreme sexism that is going through.
- People with RSD have an extreme response to rejection.
- And work from home is the most extreme example of that, OK?
- It might be a little extreme for some, but either way.
Examples
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An extreme threat requires extreme measures.
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We're gonna face extreme peril.
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And then you see just how much more extreme movies have got.
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I think we're about to go to extreme fear.
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And so that creates extreme pressure on the ice.
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And there will be extreme conflict between the two groups.
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Have you heard of extreme tourism?
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Meteorologists have today announced the worst of the extreme storms have finally passed.
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A performer must play these guitars with extreme discipline because the smallest mistakes can be heard.
Academic text (2011) -
The marathon was held under extreme heat, making it difficult for the runners to finish.
Synonyms
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3.8
Very unusual or much greater than usual
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3.7
A very strong feeling or quality you feel deeply
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4.0
Of the highest degree or importance
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7.0
At the farthest or most extreme point
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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8.4
A person with very strict traditional political views who strongly opposes social change
- Archaic
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9.9
A ceremony in which a priest puts oil on a dying person and prays for them
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extreme comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and extremus 'outermost', similar to the word extra which means 'outside' or 'more'. So, to be extreme is to be at the very edge or far beyond what is usual.