of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures.
utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy.
farthest from the center or middle; outermost; endmost: the extreme limits of a town.
farthest, utmost, or very far in any direction: an object at the extreme point of vision.
exceeding the bounds of moderation: extreme fashions.
going to the utmost or very great lengths in action, habit, opinion, etc.: an extreme conservative.
last or final: extreme hopes.
Chiefly Sports. very dangerous or difficult: extreme skiing.
noun
the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree: cautious to an extreme.
one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible: the extremes of joy and grief.
the furthest or utmost length; an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average: extremes in dress.
an extreme act, measure, condition, etc.: the extreme of poverty.
Mathematics.
the first or the last term, as of a proportion or series.
a relative maximum or relative minimum value of a function in a given region.
Logic. the subject or the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism; either of two terms that are separated in the premises and brought together in the conclusion.
Archaic. the utmost point, or extremity, of something.
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Origin of extreme
1425–75; late Middle English <Latin extrēmus, superlative of exterus “outward.” See exterior