EXTREME


Meaning of EXTREME in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ opposite , polar

Their views are at opposite ~s from each other.

▪ logical

▪ new

She has taken cleanliness to a new ~.

▪ climatic , political , temperature

It's a difficult place to live because of its climatic ~s.

VERB + EXTREME

▪ avoid

Avoid any ~s of temperature.

▪ go to , reach

There is no need to go to such ~s.

▪ carry sth to , take sth to

It's foolish to take any dieting to ~s.

▪ represent

PREPOSITION

▪ at an/the ~

At the ~, some nuclear waste is so radioactive it has to be kept isolated for thousands of years.

▪ between ~s

There has to be a solution between these ~s.

▪ in the ~

His voice was scornful in the ~.

▪ to the ~

She was always generous to the ~.

▪ ~s of

These photographs show ~s of obesity and emaciation.

PHRASES

▪ at one ~ , at the other ~

At the other ~, women still childless at 32 were more likely to be from a professional background.

▪ go from one ~ to the other

She goes from one ~ to the other, and either works very hard or does absolutely nothing.

▪ go to the opposite ~ , go to the other ~

After always putting too much salt in her cooking, she went to the opposite ~ and banished it completely.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be

▪ appear , seem , sound

▪ become

▪ consider sth

ADVERB

▪ particularly , really , very

▪ a bit , fairly , a little , quite , rather , somewhat

Some of his views seem rather ~.

PHRASES

▪ at its most ~

This is hero-worship at its most ~.

Extreme is used with these nouns: ↑ agitation , ↑ agony , ↑ altitude , ↑ brutality , ↑ care , ↑ case , ↑ caution , ↑ circumstance , ↑ climate , ↑ close-up , ↑ cold , ↑ complexity , ↑ condition , ↑ corner , ↑ cruelty , ↑ danger , ↑ degree , ↑ delicacy , ↑ deprivation , ↑ difficulty , ↑ disappointment , ↑ discomfort , ↑ dislike , ↑ displeasure , ↑ distaste , ↑ distress , ↑ drought , ↑ emergency , ↑ emotion , ↑ end , ↑ environment , ↑ envy , ↑ example , ↑ excitement , ↑ exertion , ↑ exhaustion , ↑ fatigue , ↑ form , ↑ gravity , ↑ hardship , ↑ heat , ↑ hostility , ↑ hunger , ↑ imbalance , ↑ importance , ↑ instance , ↑ jealousy , ↑ left , ↑ limit , ↑ manifestation , ↑ measure , ↑ nationalism , ↑ nationalist , ↑ nervousness , ↑ old age , ↑ pain , ↑ paranoia , ↑ politics , ↑ position , ↑ poverty , ↑ precision , ↑ provocation , ↑ reaction , ↑ reluctance , ↑ repression , ↑ right , ↑ scepticism , ↑ sensitivity , ↑ shyness , ↑ simplicity , ↑ sport , ↑ stress , ↑ subtlety , ↑ tactic , ↑ temperature , ↑ tiredness , ↑ top , ↑ type , ↑ urgency , ↑ variability , ↑ variation , ↑ version , ↑ view , ↑ violence , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ weather , ↑ wing , ↑ youth

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