extrême — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dire adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- extreme adj Of the greatest possible degree or intensity.
- far adjective Distant in space or time.
- outlier noun A data point that sits far away from the rest of a set of results, and which may signal a real extreme case or a measurement error.
- utmost adjective The greatest or most extreme possible.
Senses
extrême is used for these senses in English:
- dire Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- dire Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
- extreme Excessive, or far beyond the norm.
- outlier (statistics) A value in a statistical sample which does not fit a pattern that describes most other data points; specifically, a value that lies 1.5 IQR beyond the upper or lower quartile.
- utmost The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
dire — full definition
- adj Extremely serious or urgent, often warning of disaster.
- adj (informal) Extremely bad in quality.
extreme — full definition
- adj Of the greatest possible degree or intensity.
- adj Very far from what is moderate or normal, especially in views or behaviour.
- noun The furthest or highest point of something; one end of a range.