From HomoExcelsior

1. the extreme edge of the field. 2. extreme pleasure; extreme pain. 3. excessive 4. took extreme measures to conserve fuel. 5. Final; last. 6. The greatest or utmost degree or point. 7. the extremes of boiling and freezing. 8. An extreme condition. 9. resorted to extremes in the emergency. 10. The first or last term of a ratio or a series. 11. A maximum or minimum value of a function. 12. The major or minor term of a syllogism.

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