Extreme meaning of the word

Adjective



The plant is sensitive to extreme heat and cold.



They are living in extreme poverty.



She went on an extreme diet.



Many thought that the punishment was too extreme for the crime.



The plan was rejected as too extreme.



This is an extreme example of what can happen when a company grows too quickly.



He has extreme opinions when it comes to politics.



Members of the extreme right opposed the legislation.

Noun



After spending lavishly for years, the company has now gone to the opposite extreme and has cut expenses drastically.



His mood changed from one extreme to the other.

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Recent Examples on the Web



Car buyers are increasingly choosing extreme ends of the finance spectrum to afford the high prices.


Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2023





The extreme weather triggered by America’s unique geography creates hazards.


Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2023





The flooding, which follows several years of extreme drought, showcases the weather whiplash typical of California, which vacillates between too wet and too dry.


Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023





But the weather doesn’t have to be extreme.


David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023





The faulty gene causes blood cells to become misshapen into a characteristic crescent or sickle shape that can slow or halt blood flow, damaging tissues and leaving patients in extreme pain.


Angelica Peebles, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023





The only wiggle room the Israeli leader has, analysts say, is if negotiators reach a moderated judicial overhaul plan bill over the Knesset’s recess period, which ends April 30, and where concessions to his right-wing coalition members need not be too extreme.


Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023





Hundreds of people, primarily teenagers, gathered outside the Kentucky state Capitol Wednesday to protest against one of the most extreme anti-transgender rights bills in the country, which the Senate is expected to vote into law.


Tori Otten, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2023





After mapping dozens of possible scenarios, Republican legislative leaders settled on the most extreme partisan gerrymandering possible.


Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023




The world has already warmed 1.1°C, and, as the New York Times reports, with every additional fraction of a degree, tens of millions more people worldwide will be exposed to life-threatening climatic extremes, from heat waves to floods, to scarcity of food and fresh water.


Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023





But on the way to making its case that both parties are beholden to their extremes, the video includes a pretty glaring omission: the sitting president and mainstream Democrat who handily defeated Sanders, Warren, and others in the last Democratic presidential primary.


Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023





Sondheim, himself a protégé of Hammerstein, took this to extremes in the ’70s, veering away from the traditional song form in favor of accretive harmonic shapes that provided rich subtext for his lyrics — so much so that critics began complaining of having nothing to hum.


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Going to extremes to pay for college:A new reality for some families Federal data show that the net price for Kalamazoo’s highest-income students fell 5% while rising 26% for its lowest-income students.


Jon Marcus And Fazil Khan, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023





Chapter 4 takes the nonstop choreography of mano a mano combat, foot chases, car chases, and gun violence to delirious extremes.


Armond White, National Review, 24 Mar. 2023





Scientists have long cautioned that warming temperatures would lead to wetter and drier global extremes such as severe rainfall and intense droughts.


David Gelles, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023





To make the Fleetwood fit this role, Cadillac has pushed its styling and handling to extremes inappropriate to the size and design of the new C-bodies.


Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 16 Mar. 2023





Her choices are intensified by the shrewd sound design, which features the unsettling buzz of an active hive whenever Dre is pushed to emotional extremes.


Joshua Alston, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023



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adjective, ex·trem·er, ex·trem·est.

of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures.

utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy.

farthest from the center or middle; outermost; endmost: the extreme limits of a town.

farthest, utmost, or very far in any direction: an object at the extreme point of vision.

exceeding the bounds of moderation: extreme fashions.

going to the utmost or very great lengths in action, habit, opinion, etc.: an extreme conservative.

last or final: extreme hopes.

Chiefly Sports. very dangerous or difficult: extreme skiing.

noun

the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree: cautious to an extreme.

one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible: the extremes of joy and grief.

the furthest or utmost length; an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average: extremes in dress.

an extreme act, measure, condition, etc.: the extreme of poverty.

Mathematics.

  1. the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series.
  2. a relative maximum or relative minimum value of a function in a given region.

Logic. the subject or the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism; either of two terms that are separated in the premises and brought together in the conclusion.

Archaic. the utmost point, or extremity, of something.

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Origin of extreme

1425–75; late Middle English <Latin extrēmus, superlative of exterus “outward.” See exterior

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OTHER WORDS FROM extreme

ex·treme·ness, nouno·ver·ex·treme, adjectivequa·si-ex·treme, adjectivesu·per·ex·treme, adjective

su·per·ex·treme·ly, adverbsu·per·ex·treme·ness, nounun·ex·treme, adjective

Words nearby extreme

extraversion, extravert, extra-virgin, Extremadura, extremal, extreme, extreme fighting, extremely, extremely high frequency, extremely low frequency, extreme programming

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Words related to extreme

acute, intense, severe, utmost, absolute, dire, drastic, egregious, exaggerated, exceptional, excessive, extraordinary, harsh, irrational, outrageous, radical, remarkable, sheer, unreasonable, unusual

How to use extreme in a sentence

  • The co-founder also stressed that most of Public’s users find its service organically, implying that the startup’s marketing costs have not been extreme, nor its growth artificially boosted.

  • The Crosby-Malkin Penguins do have a history of extreme late-season surges.

  • In extreme cases, you can end up with a single person shouldering the burden of many hands — very unfair.

  • I think that the problem is that in some cases, not in those extreme cases, there’s speech that one person might say is legitimate and should be up, but others say it should be taken down.

  • Mars is substantially more complicated, with an atmosphere that distributes heat and makes the temperature extremes far more moderate, plus orbital wobbles that ensure seasonal changes in temperature.

  • Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.

  • He was part of an extreme, racialized white faction in the Louisiana state house that was clearly dead-set against honoring King.

  • In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.

  • Nor should we ever assume that weather alone, however extreme, should be fatal to a commercial flight.

  • No one likes it when their sandcastle is knocked over, but his reaction is a bit, err, extreme.

  • Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.

  • The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.

  • As a rule, however, even in the case of extreme varieties, a careful examination of the specimen will enable it to be identified.

  • Nothing but an extreme love of truth could have hindered me from concealing this part of my story.

  • It stands at one extreme of our currency, with a dollar of gold set aside behind each dollar of paper.

British Dictionary definitions for extreme


adjective

being of a high or of the highest degree or intensityextreme cold; extreme difficulty

exceeding what is usual or reasonable; immoderateextreme behaviour

very strict, rigid, or severe; drastican extreme measure

(prenominal) farthest or outermost in directionthe extreme boundary

meteorol of, relating to, or characteristic of a continental climate

noun

the highest or furthest degree (often in the phrases in the extreme, go to extremes)

(often plural) either of the two limits or ends of a scale or range of possibilitiesextremes of temperature

maths

  1. the first or last term of a series or a proportion
  2. a maximum or minimum value of a function

logic the subject or predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism

Derived forms of extreme

extremeness, noun

Word Origin for extreme

C15: from Latin extrēmus outermost, from exterus on the outside; see exterior

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Scientific definitions for extreme


Either the first or fourth term of a proportion of four terms. In the proportion 23 = 46, the extremes are 2 and 6. Compare mean.

A maximum or minimum value of a function.

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • extream, extreame (obsolete)
  • xtreme (informal, nonstandard)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superlative of exter.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹiːm/, /ɛkˈstɹiːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪkˈstɹim/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Adjective[edit]

extreme (comparative extremer or more extreme, superlative extremest or most extreme)

  1. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

    At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.

  2. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

      And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

    He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.

  3. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
    • 2013 March 1, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114:

      An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

    His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.

  4. Drastic, or of great severity.

    I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.

  5. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.

    Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.

  6. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

    the extreme hour of life

Synonyms[edit]

  • (place): farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest
  • (in greatest or highest degree): greatest, highest
  • (excessive): excessive, too much
  • (drastic): drastic, severe
  • (sports): dangerous
  • (ultimate): final, last, ultimate

Antonyms[edit]

  • (place): closest, nearest
  • (in greatest or highest degree): least
  • (excessive): moderate, reasonable
  • (drastic): moderate, reasonable

Derived terms[edit]

  • extreme energy
  • extreme metal
  • extreme point
  • extreme prejudice
  • extreme programmer
  • extreme programming
  • extreme skiing
  • extreme sport
  • extreme ultraviolet
  • extremeness
  • in the extreme
  • terminate with extreme prejudice

Translations[edit]

of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost

  • Arabic: الْأُقْصَى(al-ʔuqṣā), الْأَبْعَد(al-ʔabʕad)
  • Belarusian: кра́йні (krájni)
  • Bulgarian: краен (bg) (kraen), най-далечен (naj-dalečen)
  • Catalan: extrem (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 盡頭尽头 (zh) (jìntóu), 末端 (zh) (mòduān)
  • Dutch: afgelegen (nl)
  • Esperanto: ekstrema (eo), plej fora
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), laita-, ääri-, laitimmainen, reuna-
  • French: extrême (fr) m or f
  • Galician: extremo (gl) m
  • German: extrem (de)
  • Hungarian: szélső (hu)
  • Italian: estremo (it)
  • Japanese: 末端の (ja) (mattan no)
  • Latin: extrēmus
  • Polish: skrajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: extremo (pt)
  • Russian: кра́йний (ru) (krájnij), да́льний (ru) (dálʹnij)
  • Spanish: extremo (es)
  • Swedish: avlägsen (sv)
  • Ukrainian: кра́йній (krájnij), дале́кий (dalékyj)
  • Urdu: (please verify) اقصی نقطہ, (please verify) مقام انتہا
  • Vietnamese: điểm cực

in the greatest or highest degree; intense

  • Arabic: شَدِيد(šadīd)
  • Armenian: ծայրահեղ (hy) (cayraheł)
  • Belarusian: экстрэма́льны (ekstremálʹny)
  • Bulgarian: екстремен (ekstremen)
  • Catalan: extrem (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 極度的极度的 (zh) (jídùde); 極大的极大的 (zh) (jídàde)
  • Czech: extrémní (cs) m, krajní (cs)
  • Danish: ekstrem (da)
  • Dutch: extreem (nl), extreme (nl), intens (nl), intense (nl)
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), kova (fi), ankara (fi)
  • French: extrême (fr)
  • Galician: extremo (gl) m
  • German: extrem (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 (abrs)
  • Haitian Creole: ekstrèm
  • Hungarian: szélsőséges (hu), extrém (hu), végletes
  • Indonesian: ekstrem (id)
  • Italian: estremo (it)
  • Japanese: 極度の (ja) (kyokudo no)
  • Khmer: ក្រៃលែង (krailaeng)
  • Latin: extrēmus
  • Polish: skrajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: extremo (pt)
  • Russian: экстрема́льный (ru) (ekstremálʹnyj)
  • Swedish: extrem (sv)
  • Ukrainian: екстрема́льний (ekstremálʹnyj)
  • Urdu: (please verify) نہایت
  • Vietnamese: cực đại (極大), cực độ (極度)

excessive, or far beyond the norm

  • Arabic: غَيْر اِعْتِيَادِيّ(ḡayr iʕtiyādiyy)
  • Armenian: ծայրահեղ (hy) (cayraheł)
  • Azerbaijani: ifrat
  • Belarusian: празме́рны (prazmjérny), экстрэма́льны (ekstremálʹny)
  • Bulgarian: извънреден (bg) (izvǎnreden)
  • Catalan: extrem (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 極端的极端的 (zh) (jíduānde)
  • Dutch: extreem (nl), extreme (nl), overmatig (nl), overmatige (nl)
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), törkeä (fi), liiallinen (fi), yletön (fi)
  • French: extrême (fr) m or f, excessif (fr) m, excessive (fr) f
  • Galician: extremo (gl) m
  • German: extrem (de)
  • Hebrew: קיצוני(kitsoní)
  • Hungarian: szélsőséges (hu), extrém (hu)
  • Ido: extrema (io)
  • Italian: estremo (it)
  • Japanese: 極端な (ja) (kyokutan na)
  • Khmer: ក្រៃលែង (krailaeng)
  • Korean: 극단적 (ko) (geukdanjeok)
  • Maori: inati
  • Navajo: doodagóó
  • Polish: nadzwyczajny (pl)
  • Portuguese: excessivo (pt)
  • Russian: чрезме́рный (ru) (črezmérnyj), экстрема́льный (ru) (ekstremálʹnyj)
  • Thai: สุดโต่ง (th) (sùt-dtòong)
  • Ukrainian: надмі́рний (nadmírnyj), екстрема́льний (ekstremálʹnyj) (behaviour, conditions)
  • Urdu: (please verify) حدِاکثر (ur), (please verify) انتہائی
  • Vietnamese: cực đoan (vi) (極端)

drastic, or of great severity

  • Arabic: خَطِير(ḵaṭīr)
  • Armenian: ծայրահեղ (hy) (cayraheł)
  • Azerbaijani: fövqəladə
  • Bulgarian: драстичен (bg) (drastičen)
  • Catalan: extrem (ca)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 激烈的 (zh) (jīliède)
  • Dutch: extreem (nl), extreme (nl), drastisch (nl), drastische (nl)
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), törkeä (fi), ankara (fi), tiukka (fi)
  • French: extrême (fr) m or f
  • German: extrem (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍃 (abrs)
  • Hungarian: szélsőséges (hu), extrém (hu), végletes
  • Italian: profondo (it)
  • Polish: skrajny (pl), drastyczny (pl)
  • Portuguese: extremo (pt)
  • Russian: чрезме́рный (ru) (črezmérnyj), чрезвыча́йный (ru) (črezvyčájnyj)
  • Swedish: extrem (sv) c
  • Thai: สุดโต่ง (th) (sùt-dtòong)
  • Urdu: (please verify) حدِاکثر (ur), (please verify) انتہائی

archaic: ultimate, final or last

  • Arabic: أَخِير(ʔaḵīr)
  • Bulgarian: последен (bg) (posleden)
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 終極终极 (zh) (zhōngjí)
  • Dutch: ultiem (nl), ultieme (nl)
  • Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), laitimmainen, viimeinen (fi), lopullinen (fi), loppu-
  • French: extrême (fr) m or f
  • Hungarian: végső (hu), utolsó (hu)
  • Japanese: 究極の (kyūkyoku no)
  • Malay: ekstrem
  • Portuguese: último (pt)
  • Russian: после́дний (ru) (poslédnij)
  • Spanish: extremo (es)
  • Swedish: ytterst (sv)
  • Urdu: (please verify) آخری (ur)

Noun[edit]

extreme (plural extremes)

  1. The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. [] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. [] But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

  2. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.

    extremes of temperature

    • 2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 56:

      Most public discussion about heat extremes refers to risks faced by the general community. Yet even greater extremes of heat exposure do and will occur in many occupational settings, posing special risks to health, behavior, and work capacity.

  3. (obsolete, plural only) One of the last moments of life.
  4. A drastic expedient.

    Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

  5. (obsolete, plural only) Hardships, straits.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. [] The First Part [], part 1, 2nd edition, London: [] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:

      a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts,
      With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits,
      Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are,
      And might, if my extreames had ful euents,
      Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.

  6. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Translations[edit]

greatest or utmost point, degree or condition

  • Bulgarian: крайност (bg) f (krajnost)
  • Catalan: extrem (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 極端极端 (zh) (jíduān)
  • Danish: yderpol c, ekstrem (da)
  • Dutch: extreem (nl) n
  • Esperanto: ekstremo
  • Finnish: ääripiste, ääri-, laita-, ääri (fi), reuna-
  • French: extrême (fr) m
  • German: Extrem (de) n
  • Greek:
    Ancient: ἄκρον n (ákron)
  • Italian: estremo (it) m
  • Japanese: 究極 (ja) (kyūkyoku), 極限 (ja) (kyokugen)
  • Polish: skrajność (pl) f
  • Portuguese: extremo (pt) m
  • Swedish: extrem (sv) c
  • Tagalog: sukdulan (tl)

either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion

Adverb[edit]

extreme (comparative more extreme, superlative most extreme)

  1. (archaic) Extremely.
    • 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:
      In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Formerly used to modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs, but rarely verbs.

Derived terms[edit]

  • extremism
  • extremist
  • extremity
  • extremely
  • extreme ironing
  • extreme unction

[edit]

  • extremum

See also[edit]

  • mean

References[edit]

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “extreme”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extreme

  1. Inflected form of extreem

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extreme

  1. inflection of extrem:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Ido[edit]

Adverb[edit]

extreme

  1. extremely

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

extrēme

  1. vocative singular of extrēmus

References[edit]

  • extreme in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • extreme in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extreme m or f (plural extremes)

  1. extreme

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

extreme

  1. inflection of extremar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

extreme

  1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of extrem.
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    extreme

    extreme [ɪkˊstri:m]

    1) (

    обыкн. pl

    ) кра́йняя противополо́жность;

    2) кра́йняя сте́пень, кра́йность;

    4) экстри́м (вид спорта, требующий от спортсмена значительной доли риска)

    1) кра́йний;

    2) чрезвыча́йный

    3) после́дний;

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > extreme

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    extreme

    extreme aft the center-of-gravity

    предельная задняя центровка

    extreme forward the center-of-gravity

    предельная передняя центровка

    extreme impact damage

    полное разрушение при ударе

    in-flight extreme care

    особые меры в полете

    English-Russian aviation dictionary > extreme

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    extreme

    extreme pl. крайние члены пропорции (стат.)

    extreme крайняя величина (стат.)

    English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > extreme

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    extreme

    extreme
    n

    Англо-русский строительный словарь.
    .
    2011.

    Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > extreme

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    extreme

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    extreme

    [ɪksˈtri:m]

    extreme pl мат. крайние члены (пропорции) extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры extreme последний; in one’s extreme moments перед смертью extreme предельный extreme чрезвычайный extreme экстремальный the extreme penalty (of the law) юр. высшая мера наказания extreme reform радикальная реформа extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость extreme крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры extreme последний; in one’s extreme moments перед смертью in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся extreme крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры sample extreme крайнее значение выборки smallest extreme нижний предел

    English-Russian short dictionary > extreme

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    extreme

    1. n крайность; чрезмерность; крайняя степень

    2. n обыкн. противоположность; крайности; диаметрально противоположные предметы или явления

    3. n мат. экстремум, экстремальное, крайнее значение

    4. n мат. крайний член пропорции

    5. n мат. лог. крайний термин

    6. a крайний, предельный; самый дальний

    extreme case — предельный случай; экстремальная ситуация

    7. a крайний, чрезвычайный; высший

    8. a предельный, экстремальный

    9. a крайний, экстремистский

    Синонимический ряд:

    1. drastic (adj.) drastic; outlandish; outrageous

    2. endmost (adj.) consummate; endmost; farthest; final; furthermost; furthest; last; outermost; outmost; remotest; supreme; transcendent; ultimate; unsurpassable; utmost; uttermost

    3. excessive (adj.) ardent; dizzy; exceeding; excessive; exorbitant; extravagant; fanatical; immoderate; inordinate; intemperate; intense; overmuch; severe; sky-high; steep; stiff; stratospheric; supernatural; towering; unconscionable; undue; unmeasurable

    4. extremist (adj.) extremist; fanatic; fanatical; rabid; radical; revolutional; revolutionary; revolutionist; ultra; ultraist

    5. greatest (adj.) exceptional; greatest; highest; profound; rarest; stupendous; superlative; surpassing

    Антонимический ряд:

    calm; conservative; dispassionate; initial; judicious; least; limited; medium; moderate; near; nearest; nigh; ordinary; quiet; reasonable; repressed

    English-Russian base dictionary > extreme

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    extreme

    ɪksˈtri:m
    1. сущ.
    1) а) противоположность the intermediate space between those extremes ≈ промежуточное пространство между двумя крайностями Extremes meet. ≈ Противоположности сходятся. б) лог. крайние члены силлогизма (субъекты и предикаты, соединяемые общим средним термином) в) мн.;
    мат. крайние члены ( математической пропорции)
    2) высокая степень чего-либо, высшее достижение He was dressed in the extreme of the English fashion. ≈ Он был одет по последнему слову английской моды.
    3) крайность at the other extreme ≈ в другой крайности to run to an extreme ≈ впадать в крайность This would be running into a very absurd extreme. ≈ В таком случае это дойдет просто до абсурда.
    2. прил.
    1) самый отдаленный, крайний, предельный Syn: last, outermost, utmost, uttermost, farthest
    2) а) непомерный, чрезвычайный, чрезмерный He knew that he was in extreme peril. ≈ Он знал, что находился в большой опасности. Syn: extraordinary б) исключительный, особенный The nature of anything is best known from the examination of extreme cases. ≈ Сущность чего бы то ни было познается в исследовании каких-либо особенных случаев. Syn: special
    3) уст. последний my extreme hope ≈ моя последняя надежда
    крайность;
    чрезмерность;
    крайняя степень — in the * в высшей степени, чрезвычайно — at the * of poverty в ужасающей /страшной/ нищете — to run to an * впадать в крайность — to go to *s удариться в крайности;
    прибегать к крайним мерам — I find the task wearisome in the * я считаю эту работу в высшей степени скучной — his enthusiasm was carried to the * его энтузиазм не знал предела обыкн. pl (крайняя) противоположность;
    крайности;
    диаметрально противоположные предметы или явления — love and hate are *s любовь и ненависть — противоположные чувства — *s meet крайности /противоположности/ сходятся — to go to the other * впадать в другую крайность (математика) экстремум, экстремальное, крайнее значение( математика) крайний член пропорции (логика) крайний термин (больший или меньший в отличие от среднего) крайний, предельный;
    самый дальний — the * edge /border/ of a field самый (дальний) край поля — * length наибольшая длина — * range крайний предел, максимум;
    наибольшая дальность( полета) (военное) предел досягаемости — * old age глубокая старость — * youth ранняя молодость, юность — the country’s * north крайний север страны — at the * end в самом конце крайний, чрезвычайный;
    высший — * patience величайшее терпение — * poverty крайняя нищета — * penalty (юридическое) высшая мера наказания — * fashions крайности моды — * cold weather clothing( специальное) полярное обмундирование — to go on an * diet сесть на голодную диету предельный, экстремальный — * conditions предельно тяжелые /экстремальные/ условия работы или испытания крайний, экстремистский — to hold * views придерживаться крайних воззрений, быть экстремистом
    extreme pl мат. крайние члены (пропорции)
    ~ крайний;
    extreme old age глубокая старость;
    extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
    extreme youth ранняя молодость
    ~ крайний;
    extreme old age глубокая старость;
    extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
    extreme youth ранняя молодость ~ крайний ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
    to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
    to go to extremes идти на крайние меры ~ последний;
    in one’s extreme moments перед смертью ~ предельный ~ чрезвычайный ~ экстремальный
    the ~ penalty (of the law) юр. высшая мера наказания
    ~ reform радикальная реформа
    ~ крайний;
    extreme old age глубокая старость;
    extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
    extreme youth ранняя молодость
    ~ крайний;
    extreme old age глубокая старость;
    extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды;
    extreme youth ранняя молодость
    in the ~ в высшей степени;
    extremes meet крайности сходятся
    ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
    to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
    to go to extremes идти на крайние меры
    ~ последний;
    in one’s extreme moments перед смертью
    in the ~ в высшей степени;
    extremes meet крайности сходятся
    ~ крайняя степень, крайность;
    to run to an extreme впадать в крайность;
    to go to extremes идти на крайние меры
    sample ~ крайнее значение выборки
    smallest ~ нижний предел

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > extreme

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    extreme

    1. [ıkʹstri:m]

    1. крайность; чрезмерность; крайняя степень

    in the extreme — в высшей степени, чрезвычайно

    at the extreme of poverty — в ужасающей /страшной/ нищете

    to go to extremes — а) удариться в крайности; б) прибегать к крайним мерам

    I find the task wearisome in the extreme — я считаю эту работу в высшей степени скучной

    2.

    pl (крайняя) противоположность; крайности; диаметрально противоположные предметы явления

    extremes meet — крайности /противоположности/ сходятся

    1) экстремум, экстремальное, крайнее значение

    2) крайний член пропорции

    2. [ıkʹstri:m]

    1. крайний, предельный; самый дальний

    the extreme edge /border/ of a field — (самый) дальний край поля

    extreme length [width] — наибольшая длина [ширина]

    extreme range — а) крайний предел, максимум; б) наибольшая дальность (полёта); в) предел досягаемости

    extreme youth — ранняя молодость, юность

    2. 1) крайний, чрезвычайный; высший

    extreme fashions — ≅ крайности моды

    2) предельный, экстремальный

    extreme conditions — предельно тяжёлые /экстремальные/ условия работы испытания

    3. крайний, экстремистский

    to hold extreme views — придерживаться крайних воззрений, быть экстремистом

    НБАРС > extreme

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    extrême

    adj.

    ) кра́йний;


    s’avancer jusqu’à l’extrême bord de la falaise — подходи́ть/подойти́ к са́мому кра́ю ска́лы;
    atteindre l’extrême vieillesse — дожива́ть/ дожи́ть до глубо́кой ста́рости;
    il a des opinions extrêmes — он де́ржится кра́йних мне́ний;
    des moyens extrêmes — кра́йние ме́ры;
    l’extrême gauche de l’Assemblée — кра́йнее ле́вое крыло́ Национа́льного собра́ния;
    un député d’extrême gauche — депута́т кра́йних ле́вых [сил]
    ║ l’Extrême-Orient — Да́льний Восто́к;
    de l’Extrême-Orient — дальневосто́чный

    2. ) неуме́ренный; чрезме́рный;

    des remèdes extrêmes — чрезвыча́йно си́льные лека́рства;


    il est extrême en tout — он не зна́ет ме́ры ни в чём

    3. ) необыкнове́нный, чрезвы́чайный; кра́йний;


    il y a extrême urgence à… — необходи́мо без мале́йшего промедле́ния…;
    à l’extrême rigueur — в са́мом кра́йнем слу́чае;
    être dans une extrême misère — жить в кра́йней нужде́;
    c’est d’une complexité extrême — э́то до кра́йности <чрезвыча́йно> запу́танно

    1. кра́йность;


    les extrêmes se touchent — противополо́жности схо́дятся;
    rapprocher les extrêmes — сближа́ть/ сбли́зить кра́йности
    ║ pousser les choses à l’extrême — доводи́ть/довести́ де́ло до кра́йности; впада́ть/впасть в кра́йнее преувеличе́ние:
    être réduit à l’extrême — быть доведённым до кра́йности

    2.

    math. кра́йние чле́ны ◄-‘ов► пропо́рции

    3.

    log. бо́льший и ме́ньший те́рмины ◄-ов►

    Dictionnaire français-russe de type actif > extrême

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    extreme

    Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > extreme

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    extrême

    1. adj

    l’extrême gauche [droite] — крайняя левая [правая]

    ••

    2. m

    pousser, porter à l’extrême, jusqu’à l’extrême — доводить до крайности

    2) крайние члены

    БФРС > extrême

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    extreme

    Англо-русский синонимический словарь > extreme

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    extreme

    1.крайний; чрезвычайный; исключительный

    2.экстремальное значение; предел; предельная величина

    extreme case — предельный случай; экстремальная ситуация

    English-Russian dictionary on nuclear energy > extreme

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    extreme

    1) крайняя степень, крайность; to run to an extreme впадать в крайность; to go to extremes идти на крайние меры; in the extreme в высшей степени; extremes meet крайности сходятся

    2) (

    pl.

    )

    math.

    крайние члены (пропорции)

    1) крайний; extreme old age глубокая старость; extreme views крайние, экстремистские взгляды; extreme youth ранняя молодость; the extreme penalty (of the law)

    leg.

    высшая мера наказания; extreme reform радикальная реформа

    2) чрезвычайный

    3) последний; in one’s extreme moments перед смертью

    Syn:

    farthest

    * * *

    1 (a) предельный

    2 (n) крайность

    * * *

    крайний; крайность

    * * *

    [ex·treme || ɪk’striːm]
    крайность, крайняя степень, крайняя противоположность
    крайний, глубокий, последний, чрезвычайный, величайший, чрезмерный, экстремальный, несусветный

    * * *

    баснословный

    граничный

    далек

    далекий

    далёк

    далёкий

    дальний

    крайний

    необычаен

    необычайный

    предельный

    чрезвычайный

    чужд

    чуждый

    * * *

    1. сущ.
    1) а) противоположность
    б) логика крайние члены силлогизма
    в) мн.; мат. крайние члены (математической пропорции)
    2) высокая степень чего-либо, высшее достижение
    3) крайность
    2. прил.
    1) самый отдаленный
    2) а) непомерный
    б) исключительный
    3) устар. последний

    Новый англо-русский словарь > extreme

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    extreme

    [ɪks’triːm], [ek-]
    1.

    прил.

    1) самый отдалённый, крайний, предельный

    Syn:

    2)

    а) непомерный, чрезвычайный, чрезмерный

    He knew that he was in extreme peril. — Он знал, что находился в большой опасности.

    Syn:

    б) исключительный, особенный

    The nature of anything is best known from the examination of extreme cases. — Сущность чего бы то ни было лучше познаётся в исследовании каких-либо особенных случаев.

    Syn:

    2.

    сущ.

    1)

    Extremes meet. — Противоположности сходятся.

    б)

    лог.

    крайние члены силлогизма

    2) высокая степень чего-либо, высшее достижение

    He was dressed in the extreme of the English fashion. — Он был одет по последнему слову английской моды.

    This would be running into a very absurd extreme. — В таком случае это дойдёт просто до абсурда.

    Англо-русский современный словарь > extreme

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    extreme

    Англо-русский технический словарь > extreme

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    extreme

    1. крайний

    2. экстремум

    3. чрезвычайный

    English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > extreme

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    extreme

    крайняя степень; чрезвычайно высокий

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > extreme

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    extreme

    1. крайность; чрезмерность;

    2. экстремум; максимальное или минимальное значение некоторой величины или функции;

    3. крайнее значение (в отличие от среднего);

    * * *

    сущ.

    1) крайность; чрезмерность;

    2) экстремум; максимальное или минимальное значение некоторой величины или функции;

    3) крайнее значение (в отличие от среднего);

    4)

    мн.ч.

    противоположности.

    Англо-русский словарь по социологии > extreme

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Inflections of ‘extreme‘ (adj):
extremer
adj comparative
extremest
adj superlative

WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

ex•treme /ɪkˈstrim/USA pronunciation  
adj., -trem•er, -trem•est, n. 
adj.

  1. going beyond the ordinary or average: extreme cold.
  2. [before a noun] exceedingly great in degree or intensity: extreme joy.
  3. farthest from the center or middle:[before a noun]the extreme limit of the city.
  4. immoderate;
    radical: the extreme right wing of the party.
  5. last;
    final: extreme hopes.

n. [countable]

  1. one of two things that are as different from each other as possible: torn between the extremes of joy and grief.

ex•treme•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

ex•treme 
(ik strēm),USA pronunciation adj., -trem•er, -trem•est, n. 
adj.

  1. of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average:extreme measures.
  2. utmost or exceedingly great in degree:extreme joy.
  3. farthest from the center or middle;
    outermost;
    endmost:the extreme limits of a town.
  4. farthest, utmost, or very far in any direction:an object at the extreme point of vision.
  5. exceeding the bounds of moderation:extreme fashions.
  6. going to the utmost or very great lengths in action, habit, opinion, etc.:an extreme conservative.
  7. last or final:extreme hopes.
  8. [Chiefly Sports.]extremely dangerous or difficult:extreme skiing.

n.

  1. the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree:cautious to an extreme.
  2. one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible:the extremes of joy and grief.
  3. the furthest or utmost length;
    an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average:extremes in dress.
  4. an extreme act, measure, condition, etc.:the extreme of poverty.
  5. Mathematics
    • the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series.
    • a relative maximum or relative minimum value of a function in a given region.

  6. Philosophy[Logic.]the subject or the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism;
    either of two terms that are separated in the premises and brought together in the conclusion.
  7. [Archaic.]the utmost point, or extremity, of something.
  • Latin extrēmus, superlative of exterus outward. See exterior
  • late Middle English 1425–75

ex•tremeness, n. 

    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged greatest, highest; superlative.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ultimate, last, uttermost, remotest.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extravagant, immoderate, excessive, fanatical, uncompromising, unreasonable. See radical. 


    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged moderate.



extreme, +adj.

  1. Sport[Chiefly Sports.]extremely dangerous or difficult:extreme skiing.

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extreme /ɪkˈstriːm/ adj

  1. being of a high or of the highest degree or intensity
  2. exceeding what is usual or reasonable; immoderate
  3. very strict, rigid, or severe; drastic
  4. (prenominal) farthest or outermost in direction

n

  1. the highest or furthest degree (often in the phrases in the extreme, go to extremes)
  2. (often plural) either of the two limits or ends of a scale or range of possibilities

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin extrēmus outermost, from exterus on the outside; see exterior

exˈtremeness n

extreme‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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