extreme

  1. Adjective.  Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
  2. Adjective.  In the greatest or highest degree; intense.
  3. Adjective.  Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
  4. Adjective.  Drastic, or of great severity.
  5. Adjective.  Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.
  6. Adjective.  (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.
  7. Noun.  The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
  8. Noun.  Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
  9. Noun.  A drastic expedient.
  10. Noun.  (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as ''1'' and ''6'' in ''1:2=3:6''.
  11. Adverb.  (archaic) Extremely.

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