What is the meaning of extreme?

noun

• The furthest or highest degree of something.
  • usage: "he carried it to extremes"
• The point located farthest from the middle of something.
  • synonyms: extreme point, extremum

adjective

• Of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity.
  • usage: "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"
  • synonyms: utmost, uttermost
• Far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree.
  • usage: "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures"; "extreme danger"
• Beyond a norm in views or actions.
  • usage: "an extreme conservative"; "an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration"; "extreme opinions"
• Most distant in any direction.
  • usage: "the extreme edge of town"