EXTREME

extreme

(adjective) most distant in any direction; “the extreme edge of town”

extreme, utmost, uttermost

(adjective) of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; “extreme cold”; “extreme caution”; “extreme pleasure”; “utmost contempt”; “to the utmost degree”; “in the uttermost distress”

extreme

(adjective) far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; “an extreme example”; “extreme temperatures”; “extreme danger”

extreme

(adjective) beyond a norm in views or actions; “an extreme conservative”; “an extreme liberal”; “extreme views on integration”; “extreme opinions”

extreme

(noun) the furthest or highest degree of something; “he carried it to extremes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

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

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

In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

Drastic, or of great severity.

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

(archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

Synonyms

• (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

• (place): closest, nearest

• (in greatest or highest degree): least

• (excessive): moderate, reasonable

• (drastic): moderate, reasonable

Noun

extreme (plural extremes)

The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.

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

A drastic expedient.

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

Adverb

extreme (comparative more extreme, superlative most extreme)

(archaic) Extremely.

Usage notes

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

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*treme", a. Etym: [L. extremus, superl. of exter, extrus, on the outside, outward: cf. F. extrême. See Exterior.]

1. At the utmost point, edge, or border; outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit.

2. Last; final; conclusive; -- said of time; as, the extreme hour of life.

3. The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly. "The extremest remedy." Dryden. "Extreme rapidity." Sir W. Scott. Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire. Shak.

4. Radical; ultra; as, extreme opinions. The Puritans or extreme Protestants. Gladstone.

5. (Mus.)

Definition: Extended or contracted as much as possible; -- said of intervals; as, an extreme sharp second; an extreme flat forth. Extreme and mean ratio (Geom.), the relation of a line and its segments when the line is so divided that the whole is to the greater segment is to the less.

– Extreme distance. (Paint.) See Distance., n., 6.

– Extreme unction. See under Unction.

Note: Although this adjective, being superlative in signification, is not properly subject to comparison, the superlative form not unfrequently occurs, especially in the older writers. "Tried in his extremest state." Spenser. "Extremest hardships." Sharp. "Extremest of evils." Bacon. "Extremest verge of the swift brook." Shak. "The sea's extremest borders." Addison.

Ex*treme", n.

1. The utmost point or verge; that part which terminates a body; extremity.

2. Utmost limit or degree that is supposable or tolerable; hence, furthest degree; any undue departure from the mean; -- often in the plural: things at an extreme distance from each other, the most widely different states, etc.; as, extremes of heat and cold, of virtue and vice; extremes meet. His parsimony went to the extreme of meanness. Bancroft.

3. An extreme state or condition; hence, calamity, danger, distress, etc. "Resolute in most extremes." Shak.

4. (Logic)

Definition: Either of the extreme terms of a syllogism, the middle term being interposed between them.

5. (Math.)

Definition: The first or the last term of a proportion or series. In the extreme as much as possible. "The position of the Port was difficult in the extreme." J. P. Peters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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