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EXTREME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The furthest or highest degree of something
Example:
he carried it to extremes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("extreme" is a kind of...):
degree; grade; level (a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The point located farthest from the middle of something
Synonyms:
extreme; extreme point; extremum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("extreme" is a kind of...):
extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extreme"):
acme; apex; peak; vertex (the highest point (of something))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Most distant in any direction
Example:
the extreme edge of town
Classified under:
Similar:
distant (separated in space or coming from or going to a distance)
Derivation:
extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
Example:
in the uttermost distress
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)
Derivation:
extremity (the greatest or utmost degree)
extremity (an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
Example:
extreme danger
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)
Derivation:
extremity (the greatest or utmost degree)
extremity (an extreme condition or state (especially of adversity or disease))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Beyond a norm in views or actions
Example:
extreme opinions
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)
Context examples:
They also involve extreme concern about your shape or weight.
(Eating Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
So he took a chop by the bone in one hand, and a potato in the other, and ate away with a very good appetite, to my extreme satisfaction.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A disorder characterized by abnormal, repetitive, involuntary muscle movements, frenzied speech and extreme restlessness.
(Extrapyramidal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
Extreme fatigue; inability to respond to stimuli.
(Extreme Exhaustion, NCI Thesaurus)
She was most impressed, however, by the extreme pallor of his face and by the nervousness of his manner.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It is one of the most extreme of the systems for which the mass and spin rate have ever been measured.
(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)
Very frequently were they reproached for this insensibility by Kitty and Lydia, whose own misery was extreme, and who could not comprehend such hard-heartedness in any of the family.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
It raises concern over increased vulnerability of coastal settlements in the populated, low- to middle- income tropical countries to extreme weather events.
(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)
Ndao said he expects the device could eventually work in heat as extreme as 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit (704 degrees Celsius), which could have major implications in many industries.
(Harnessing Heat to Power Computers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Because of this extreme tilt, during the planet's summer the Sun shines almost directly onto the north pole and never sets.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
