extreme
Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
Example
“At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.”
Other meanings
In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
“He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.”
excessive, or far beyond the norm.
“His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.”
Related words
- antiextreme
- extremal
- extreme energy
- extremeless
- extreme ratio
- extreme metal
- extremeness
- extreme day trip
- extreme point
- extreme prejudice
- extreme programmer
- extreme programming
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "extrēmus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “extreme” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.