extreme

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very great in degree or intensity.

   The climbers faced extreme cold near the top of the mountain.

2. 2
   adj

   Far beyond what is normal or reasonable; severe or drastic.

   Many people felt the new laws were too extreme.

3. 3
   adj

   Holding views or taking actions that are far from moderate.

   He belongs to an extreme political group.

4. 4
   noun

   The greatest or most distant point or degree of something.

   His moods swing from one extreme to the other.

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

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