EXTREMITY


Meaning of EXTREMITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkstremɪti ]

( extremities)

1.

The extremity of something is its furthest end or edge. ( FORMAL )

...a small port on the north-western extremity of the Iberian peninsula.

...the extremities of the aeroplane.

N-COUNT : with supp

2.

Your extremities are the end parts of your body, especially your hands and feet.

He found that his extremities grew cold...

N-PLURAL : oft with poss

3.

The extremity of a situation or of someone’s behaviour is the degree to which it is severe, unusual, or unacceptable.

In spite of the extremity of her seclusion she was sane...

In the past, the region had been protected by its forbidding geography and the extremities of its climate...

N-UNCOUNT : also N in pl , oft N of n

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