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Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes.
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Meaning of "extremes" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTREMES

extremes  [ɪkˈstriːmz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTREMES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extremes is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXTREMES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of extremes in the English dictionary

The definition of extremes in the dictionary is wide variations.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTREMES


alms
ɑːmz
arms
ɑːmz
babe-in-arms
ˌbeɪbɪnˈɑːmz
bachelor-at-arms
ˌbætʃələrətˈɑːmz
bazooms
bəˈzuːmz
Brahms
brɑːmz
brother-in-arms
ˌbrʌðərɪnˈɑːmz
Cairngorms
ˈkeənˌɡɔːmz
catacombs
ˈkætəkuːmz
comrade-in-arms
ˌkɒmreɪdɪnˈɑːmz
Incoterms
ˈɪnkəʊˌtɜːmz
meseems
mɪˈsiːmz
Psalms
sɑːmz
reams
riːmz
Reims
riːmz
Rheims
riːmz
terms
tɜːmz
worms
wɜːmz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTREMES

extreat
Extremadura
extremal
extreme
extreme fighting
extreme ironing
extreme programming
extreme sport
extreme unction
extremely
extremely high frequency
extremely low frequency
extremeness
extremism
extremist
extremities
extremity
extremophile
extremum
extricable

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTREMES

Alpes-Maritimes
at all times
at the best of times
at times
frames
games
Henley-on-Thames
Hermes
Holmes
James
legumes
limes
Maritimes
Olympic Games
Quilmes
sometimes
Thames
times
to carry sth to extremes
to go to extremes

Synonyms and antonyms of extremes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXTREMES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «extremes» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of extremes

Translation of «extremes» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTREMES

Find out the translation of extremes to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extremes from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extremes» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

极端
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extremos
570 millions of speakers

English

extremes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चरम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النقيضين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крайности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extremos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চরম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

extrêmes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keterlaluan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Extreme
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両極端
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

극단
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extremes
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உச்ச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estremi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ekstrema
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крайності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extreme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακραίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uiterstes
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ytterligheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ytterpunktene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extremes

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTREMES»

The term «extremes» is very widely used and occupies the 20.005 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «extremes» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of extremes
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «extremes».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTREMES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extremes» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extremes» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extremes

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10 QUOTES WITH «EXTREMES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word extremes.
1
Karen Abbott
Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.
2
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes.
3
Dario Argento
The process of writing and directing drives you to such extremes that it's natural to feel an affinity with insanity. I approach that madness as something dangerous, and I'm afraid, but also I want to go to it, to see what's there, to embrace it. I don't know why, but I'm drawn.
4
John Avlon
We need to punch back against the extremes of both the left and the right and define the terms of the debate ourselves.
5
Jean Baudrillard
The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis. This is also the principle of evil.
6
Douglas Booth
I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.
7
Danny Boyle
One of Dickens' biggest influences was the growth of London as a Victorian city, and the extremes being created as it expanded.
8
Kenneth Branagh
We're self obsessed and mad and stupid - not that other people can't be the same way - but the extremes are kind of honest in some mad way. Anyway, I like them.
9
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
10
Nicholas A. Christakis
We will create life from inanimate compounds, and we will find life in space. But the life that should more immediately interest us lies between these extremes, in the middle range we all inhabit between our genes and our stars.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTREMES»

Discover the use of extremes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extremes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty
In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones.
Mustafa Akyol, 2011
2
Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of ...
But if I can't have him personally, I would certainly want to have a copy of this book." --Sylvia Earle, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and President Emerita, The Explorers Club
Kenneth Kamler, 2004
3
Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
From the oxygen-deprived heights of Everest to the high-pressure ocean depths, the limits of human endurance are probed in this fascinating look at the borderlands of physical potential.
Frances M. Ashcroft, 2002
4
Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body
This is not only a book about medicine, but also about exploration in its broadest sense - and about how, by probing the very limits of our biology, we may ultimately return with a better appreciation of how our bodies work, of what life is ...
Kevin Fong, 2013
5
Statistics of Extremes
Universally acknowledged as the classic text about statistics of extremes, this volume is geared toward use by statisticians and statistically minded scientists and engineers.
E. J. Gumbel, 2012
6
Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism.
Cass R. Sunstein, 2009
7
Going to Extremes
This is the fourth edition of a work that always has been controversial in Alaska.
Joe McGinniss, 2010
8
'Love Me Or Kill Me': Sarah Kane and the Theatre of Extremes
This book is the first study of the most significant British dramatist in post-war theatre and includes unpublished interview material with Sarah Kane herself.
Graham Saunders, 2002
9
Climate Extremes and Society
The book also examines actions that may enable society to better respond to climate variability. It provides examples of the impact of climate and weather extremes on society.
Henry F. Diaz, Richard J. Murnane, 2008
10
Climate of Extremes: Global Warming Science They Don't Want ...
An in-depth look at consistent, solid science on the other side of the gloom-and-doom global warming story that is rarely reported and pushed aside: that global warming is likely to be modest, and there is no apocalypse on the horizon.
Patrick J. Michaels, Robert C. Balling, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTREMES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term extremes is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Elkins takes Stampede performances to extremes
Freestyle quad rider Cody Elkins performs at the Bell Adrenaline Ranch at the Calgary Stampede. Christina Ryan / Calgary Herald. «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
2
Powertown mom pushing it to extremes
Turners Falls adventure racer Cassie Damkoehler, a 32-year-old Greenfield native and mother of three, clears the fire jump during the Spartan ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
3
Laufing About. Icelandic Extremes
In a press launch which seems to have been put together purely to provide us with an opportunity for endless terrible puns, quirky Icelandic fork ... «Singletrack, Jul 15»
4
No longer going to extremes
A curious thing is happening on Macquarie St. Unlike days of yore it does not involve ministers dancing in their underwear, sex scandals or ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Scoppe: Confederate flag objections built on middle ground, not …
Like the GOP primary question 21 years ago, the poll artificially divided the issue into two extremes. It asked respondents to decide whether the ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Jul 15»
6
Mother Goes to Extremes to Save Daughter from Sex Trafficking Ring
Recently, the mother of a runaway teenager went to extremes in order to save her daughter from a sex trafficking ring in Washington. Police say ... «First to Know, Jul 15»
7
Jump into chilling beauty at Yellowstone: America's first national …
America's first national park offers a landscape of extremes: spewing geysers, bubbling mud pots, hot springs, cold rivers, violent waterfalls, ... «National Post, Jul 15»
8
Siberian weather extremes at airport where passengers PADDLE to …
Siberian weather extremes strike at airport where passengers have to PADDLE ... Siberia has suffered extremes of weather in recent days with ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
New timeline links volcanic eruptions to centuries of cold …
... high latitudes were the dominant drivers of climate variability, responsible for numerous and widespread summer cooling extremes over the ... «Yale News, Jul 15»
10
World of extremes: Western heat, sudden Greenland melt
In other parts of the planet during the hottest year on record globally so far, extreme and persistent weather patterns are creating some unusual ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Extremes [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extremes>. May 2024 ».
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