extreme
US
/ɪkˈstriːm/
UK
/ɪkˈstriːm/
Meaning
Very great in degree or intensity, or far beyond what is usual, reasonable, or acceptable.
बहुत ज़्यादा या सामान्य, उचित या स्वीकार्य सीमा से कहीं आगे।
Examples
“The region faced extreme heat during the summer.”
“The rescue team worked under extreme pressure.”
“The pain became extremely severe after the injury.”
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Not natural: The weather is extreme hot.
Better: The weather is extremely hot.
Use the adverb extremely to modify the adjective hot.
Hot एक adjective है, इसलिए उसे modify करने के लिए adverb extremely इस्तेमाल करें।
Not natural: The situation was extreme than we expected.
Better: The situation was more extreme than we expected.
Use more extreme for the comparative form; extreme does not take than by itself.
तुलना करते समय more extreme कहें; केवल extreme के बाद than नहीं आता।
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Use extreme before a noun, but use extremely before an adjective: extreme cold, extremely cold.
Noun से पहले extreme लगाएँ, लेकिन adjective से पहले extremely: extreme cold, extremely cold।