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A n ( all contexts) extrême m ; to go from one extreme to the other passer d'un extrême à l'autre ; to take ou carry sth to its logical extreme pousser qch à l'extrême ; at one extreme of sth à une extrémité de qch ; the extremes of love and hate les extrêmes de l'amour et de la haine ; to withstand extremes of temperature résister à des écarts extrêmes de température ; to take/carry sth to extremes pousser/porter qch à l'extrême ; to go to extremes pousser les choses à l'extrême ; to be driven to extremes être poussé à bout ; extremes of passion/cruelty sommets mpl de la passion/la cruauté ; to go to any extreme ne s'arrêter devant rien ; cautious/naïve in the extreme prudent/naïf à l'extrême.B adj1 ( as intensifier) extrême ; to live in extreme poverty vivre dans une extrême pauvreté ; to have extreme difficulty doing avoir énormément de difficulté à faire ;2 ( outside normal range) [example, case, weather conditions, situation] extrême ; [view, idea, step, measure, reaction, nationalist] extrémiste ; this is Cubism at its most extreme c'est du cubisme poussé à l'extrême ; to believe sth to an extreme degree être profondément convaincu de qch ; to be on the extreme right/left être à l'extrême droite/gauche ; to go to extreme lengths to do ne reculer devant rien pour faire ; to be extreme in one's views avoir des opinions extrémistes ; I find him rather extreme je le trouve un peu trop extrémiste ;3 (furthest, highest, lowest etc) [heat, cold, temperature, fringe, edge, limit] extrême ; in the extreme north/south à l'extrême nord/sud, tout au nord/sud. -
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extreme [ɪkˈstri:m]1. adjective• the extreme left/right l'extrême gauche f/droite f2. nounextrême m3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✎ Remember to include the accent in the French word extrême.* * *[ɪk'striːm] 1.noun ( all contexts) extrême mextremes of temperature — écarts mpl extrêmes de température
2.to take/carry something to extremes — pousser/porter quelque chose à l'extrême
adjective [example, case, heat, edge] extrême; [view, measure, reaction] extrémisteon the extreme right/left — à l'extrême droite/gauche
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extreme [ɪk'stri:m](a) (heat, pain, views, measures) extrême;∎ they live in extreme poverty ils vivent dans une misère extrême;∎ to be in extreme pain souffrir terriblement ou atrocement;∎ to be extreme in one's beliefs être extrême dans ses convictions;∎ the extreme left wing of the party l'aile d'extrême gauche du parti;∎ extreme old age grand âge m;∎ an extreme case un cas exceptionnel(b) (furthest away) extrême;∎ at the extreme end of the platform à l'extrémité du quai;∎ on the extreme right of the screen à l'extrême droite de l'écran;∎ they are extreme opposites of the political spectrum ils sont aux deux extrémités de l'éventail politique2 nounextrême m;∎ extremes of temperature extrêmes mpl de température;∎ to go to extremes exagérer;∎ to take or to carry sth to extremes, to go to extremes with sth pousser qch à l'extrême;∎ to be driven to extremes être poussé à bout;∎ to go from one extreme to the other aller ou passer d'un extrême à l'autre;∎ don't go to the opposite extreme ne tombe pas dans l'extrême inverseà l'extrême;∎ polite/careful in the extreme poli/soigneux à l'extrême►► Cinema & Television extreme close-up plan m très rapproché;formal the extreme penalty le dernier supplice;extreme sports sports mpl extrêmes;Religion extreme unction extrême-onction f
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