What part of speech is extreme?

Extreme can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. extreme is a noun, singular of extremes.
  • 2. extreme is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more extreme
    most extreme
  • Positive: extreme 
  • Comparative: more extreme
  • Superlative: most extreme

Adjective to adverb

What does extreme mean?

Definitions

Adjective

extreme - of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
extreme - far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"
extreme - most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"
extreme - beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"

Adverb

extreme - Extremely.

Noun

extreme - the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"
extreme - the point located farthest from the middle of something

Examples of extreme

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Extreme cold.
2. adj. Extreme caution.
3. adj. Extreme pleasure.
4. adj. An extreme example.
5. adj. Extreme temperatures.
6. adj. Extreme danger.
7. adj. The extreme edge of town.
8. adj. An extreme conservative.
9. adj. An extreme liberal.
10. adj. Extreme views on integration.
11. adj. Extreme opinions.
12. adj. Although Musharraf did turn against the Taliban after September 11, under extreme duress from the US, elements of his military continued to support radical Islamism and have recently been implicated in assassination attempts on Musharraf himself.
13. adj. Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
14. adj. ... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
15. adj. And Carl Wood's remarks were extreme.
16. noun I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
17. noun Your proposal is a bit extreme.
18. noun Those who love too much, hate in like extreme.
19. noun His way of thinking is a bit extreme.
20. noun Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
21. noun Is it not a bit extreme?
22. noun C is the perfect "other extreme" to Python. It’s the most low level of the mainstream programming languages, and almost universally serves as glue between other languages and systems.
23. noun He fell from one extreme to the other.
24. noun From one extreme to another.
25. noun Babe Ruth was casual to the extreme; sometimes he offhandedly struck the ball far out of the baseball park while seeming to have scarcely thought about it.
26. noun That's a bit extreme.
27. noun It's a bit extreme.
28. noun Fadil took his devotion to the extreme.
29. noun His face was grave, and his manner was cold in the extreme.
30. noun He's right-wing in the extreme.
Sentence  
adj.
Extreme cold.
Extreme caution.
Extreme pleasure.
An extreme example.
Extreme temperatures.
Extreme danger.
The extreme edge of town.
An extreme conservative.
An extreme liberal.
Extreme views on integration.
Extreme opinions.
Although Musharraf did turn against the Taliban after September 11, under extreme duress from the US, elements of his military continued to support radical Islamism and have recently been implicated in assassination attempts on Musharraf himself.
Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
And Carl Wood's remarks were extreme.
noun
I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
Your proposal is a bit extreme.
Those who love too much, hate in like extreme.
His way of thinking is a bit extreme.
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
Is it not a bit extreme?
C is the perfect "other extreme" to Python. It’s the most low level of the mainstream programming languages, and almost universally serves as glue between other languages and systems.
He fell from one extreme to the other.
From one extreme to another.
Babe Ruth was casual to the extreme; sometimes he offhandedly struck the ball far out of the baseball park while seeming to have scarcely thought about it.
That's a bit extreme.
It's a bit extreme.
Fadil took his devotion to the extreme.
His face was grave, and his manner was cold in the extreme.
He's right-wing in the extreme.

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