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Word: Extreme
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus ‘outermost, utmost’, superlative of exterus ‘outer’
ɪkˈstriːm
ɛkˈstriːm
reaching a high or the highest degree; very great
Short Definition:very great
Examples:- extreme cold
furthest from the centre or a given point
Short Definition:furthest from centre
Examples:- the extreme north-west of Scotland
Word: Extreme
Speech Type: Noun
ɪkˈstriːm
ɛkˈstriːm
either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible
Short Definition:either of two very different things
Examples:- we represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the Old Guard, I one of the radicals
the subject or predicate in a proposition, or the major or minor term in a syllogism (as contrasted with the middle term).
Short Definition:subject or predicate in proposition
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