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1. Of the greatest possible degree, extent or intensity
   "extreme cold";
   - utmost, uttermost
    
2. Far beyond a norm in quantity, amount or degree; to an utmost degree
   "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"
    
3. Beyond a norm in views or actions
   "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
    
4. Most distant in any direction
   "the extreme edge of town"

1. The furthest or highest degree of something
   "he carried it to extremes"
    
2. The point located farthest from the middle of something
   - extreme point, extremum

Derived forms: extremest, extremes, extremer

See also: distant, immoderate, intense

Type of: degree, extremity, grade, level

Encyclopedia: Extreme