Meaning

6 senses
  1. The greatest or utmost point, degree, or condition.

    Extrem

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

    extremes of temperature

  3. A drastic expedient.

    Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

    кра́йностьkrájnostʹ

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

  5. (obsolete, plural, plural only)One of the last moments of life.

  6. (obsolete, plural, plural only)Hardships, straits.

More definitions
  • the furthest or highest degree of something
  • the point located farthest from the middle of something

Examples

236 sentences
  1. Isn't that a bit extreme?

    Чи це не трохи екстремально?

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  2. It's an extreme case.

    Це крайній випадок.

    ruЭто крайний случай.

    deDas ist ein Extremfall.

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  3. Your proposal is a bit extreme.

    ruТвоё предложение немножко выходит за рамки.

    deIhr Vorschlag ist ein bisschen extrem.

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  4. His ideas are too extreme for me.

    deSeine Ideen sind mir zu extrem.

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  5. An extreme heat warning has been issued.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
drastic expedient:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
greatest or utmost point, degree or condition:

Origin

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus, the superl

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

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Forms

plural: extremes
Singularextreme
Pluralextremes

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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