Extreme ɪkˈstriːm People Adjective Working Pressure Moment Living

• we are working under extreme pressure at the moment.
• people living in extreme poverty
• extreme heat/cold/temperatures
• the heat in the desert was extreme.

extreme

1. very great in degree
• We are working under extreme pressure at the moment.
• people living in extreme poverty
• extreme heat/cold/temperatures
• The heat in the desert was extreme.

Extra Examples

• Such results should be treated with extreme caution.
• The film depicts extreme violence.
• I'm having extreme difficulty in not losing my temper with her.
2. not ordinary or usual; serious or severe
• extreme weather events such as floods and heatwaves
• Children will be removed from their parents only in extreme circumstances.
• It can cause nausea and, in extreme cases, death.
• The ship got into difficulties in extreme conditions.
• She was forced to take extreme measures.
• Don't go doing anything extreme like leaving the country.
• It was the most extreme example of cruelty to animals I had ever seen.

Extra Examples

• extreme weather conditions
• This is hero-worship at its most extreme.
3. far from what most people consider to be normal, reasonable or acceptable
• OPPOSITE moderate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/moderate_2
• extreme left-wing/right-wing views
• Fascism was basically an extreme form of nationalism.
• an extreme nationalist organization
• Their ideas are too extreme for me.
• She didn't like the idea—it sounded too extreme.
4. as far as possible from the centre, the beginning or in the direction mentioned
• Kerry is in the extreme west of Ireland.
• She sat on the extreme edge of her seat.
• politicians on the extreme left of the party

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin extremus ‘outermost, utmost’, superlative of exterus ‘outer’.