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extreme (adjective), more extreme, most extreme
1. Highest in intensity or degree: Shirley has been able to withstand extreme pressures as a nurse.
2. Not reasonable; going far beyond what is reasonable, moderate, or normal: Aaron's son had an extreme reaction to the medication that was prescribed by his doctor.
3. Farthest out, especially from the center; most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: Mark and his family made a trip to the extreme area north of the country.
4. Very strict or severe; of the greatest severity; drastic: While traveling by air, Jake experienced extreme and costly security measures.
5. A description of sports or leisure activities in which participants actively seek out dangerous or even life-threatening experiences.
6. Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree of something that is very intense: Sometimes people have extreme pleasure or extreme pain.
7. Etymology: from Latin ex-, "out of"; extremus, "outermost, utmost"; superlative of exter, exterus, "on the outside, outward, external, foreign, strange".
2. Not reasonable; going far beyond what is reasonable, moderate, or normal: Aaron's son had an extreme reaction to the medication that was prescribed by his doctor.
3. Farthest out, especially from the center; most remote in any direction; outermost or farthest: Mark and his family made a trip to the extreme area north of the country.
4. Very strict or severe; of the greatest severity; drastic: While traveling by air, Jake experienced extreme and costly security measures.
5. A description of sports or leisure activities in which participants actively seek out dangerous or even life-threatening experiences.
6. Being in or attaining the greatest or highest degree of something that is very intense: Sometimes people have extreme pleasure or extreme pain.
7. Etymology: from Latin ex-, "out of"; extremus, "outermost, utmost"; superlative of exter, exterus, "on the outside, outward, external, foreign, strange".
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ex-, e-, ef-
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“extreme”
(Greek: high, highest, highest point; top, tip end, outermost; extreme; extremity of the body)
(Greek: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone; however, sometimes this Greek element also means a strong dislike, dread, or hatred for something or someone)
(Latin: beyond, on the other side; excessive, to an extreme degree)
Word Entries containing the term:
“extreme”
extreme hazard
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ex-, e-, ef-
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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A classification for a weather event that is very different from the "normal" range of weather that is experienced in a given geographical location: Some examples of extreme weather events include a flood, a drought, a tornado, a blizzard, an ice storm, a heat wave, a cold spell, etc.
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ex-, e-, ef-
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