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• extreme — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin extremus, superlative of exter, exterus being on the outside more at exterior Date: 15th century 1. a. existing in a very high degree < extreme poverty > b. going to great or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Extreme Programming — (or XP) is a software engineering methodology (and a form of agile software development) Human Centred Technology Workshop 2005 , 2005, PDF webpage: [ftp://ftp.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/pub/reports/csrp/csrp585.pdf Informatics UK report cdrp585]… …   Wikipedia

• measure — mea|sure1 W2S2 [ˈmeʒə US ər] v 1.) [T] to find the size, length, or amount of something, using standard units such as ↑inches, metres etc ▪ The rainfall was measured over a three month period. measure sb for sth (=measure someone in order to make …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• extreme — extremeness, n. /ik streem /, adj., extremer, extremest, n. adj. 1. of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures. 2. utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy. 3. farthest from the center or… …   Universalium

• Extreme points of the United States — This is a list of the extreme points of the United States, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation.: There are a number of different… …   Wikipedia

• measure — Synonyms and related words: A, Alexandrine, Spenserian stanza, Stabreim, a, accent, accent mark, accentuation, accommodate, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, acreage, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adapt,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …   Collocations dictionary

• extreme — ex•treme [[t]ɪkˈstrim[/t]] adj. trem•er, trem•est, n. 1) going well beyond the ordinary or average: extreme measures[/ex] 2) exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy[/ex] 3) farthest from the center or middle 4) utmost in direction or distance 5) …   From formal English to slang

• The Last Samurai — This article is about the film. For the unrelated novel, see The Last Samurai (novel). The Last Samurai Theatrical release poster Directed by Edward Zwick …   Wikipedia

• England (Before the Reformation) —     England (Before the Reformation)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation)     This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Old Court-New Court controversy — The Old Court New Court controversy was a 19th century political controversy in which the Kentucky General Assembly abolished the Kentucky Court of Appeals and replaced it with a new court. The old court refused to recognize the action as valid,… …   Wikipedia