different between termination vs extreme

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminationem (accusative of terminatio).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /t?m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

termination (countable and uncountable, plural terminations)

1. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
2. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
3. An end in time; a conclusion.
4. An end in space; an edge or limit.
5. An outcome or result.
6. The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
   • 1849, E. A. Andrews, A First Latin Book; Or Progressive Lessons in Reading and Writing Latin, 2nd edition, Boston, p. 52 and 69:

     1. Some adjectives of the third declension have three terminations in the nominative singular,—one for each gender; some two,—one for the masculine and feminine, the other for the neuter; and some, only one for all genders.

     1. Verbs whose terminations are alike, are said to be of the same conjugation.
     2. Latin verbs are divided into four conjugations.

7. (medicine) An induced abortion.
8. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 1

     She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations, there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.

9. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

Synonyms

• (process of terminating): discontinuation, stoppage
• (state of being termined): discontinuation
• (process of firing an employee): discharge, dismissal
• (end in time): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop
• (end in space): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip
• (outcome): consequence, outcome, result, upshot
• (last part of a word): ending
• (medical): abortion, induced abortion

Antonyms

• (process of terminating or the state of being terminated): continuation

Derived terms

• extermination
• terminative
• terminative case

Related terms

• terminate

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• extream, extreame (obsolete)
• xtreme (informal, nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Old French extreme, from Latin extr?mus, the superlative of exter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?st?i?m/, /?k?st?i?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?st?im/

Adjective

extreme (comparative extremer or more extreme, superlative extremest or most extreme)

1. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

2. In the greatest or highest degree; intense.

3. Excessive, or far beyond the norm.

4. Drastic, or of great severity.

5. Of sports, difficult or dangerous; performed in a hazardous environment.

6. (archaic) Ultimate, final or last.

   the extreme hour of life

Synonyms

• (place): farthest, furthest, most distant, outermost, remotest
• (in greatest or highest degree): greatest, highest
• (excessive): excessive, too much
• (drastic): drastic, severe
• (sports): dangerous
• (ultimate): final, last, ultimate

Antonyms

• (place): closest, nearest
• (in greatest or highest degree): least
• (excessive): moderate, reasonable
• (drastic): moderate, reasonable

Derived terms

• extremeness

Translations

Noun

extreme (plural extremes)

1. The greatest or utmost point, degree or condition.
2. Each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale.
3. A drastic expedient.

4. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers at the ends of a proportion, as 1 and 6 in 1:2=3:6.

Translations

Adverb

extreme (comparative more extreme, superlative most extreme)

1. (archaic) Extremely.
   • 1796 Charles Burney, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Metastasio 2.5:

     In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

Usage notes

• Formerly used to modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs, but rarely verbs.

Derived terms

• extremism
• extremist
• extremity
• extremely
• extreme ironing
• extreme unction

Related terms

• extremum

See also

• mean

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “extreme”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

extreme

1. Inflected form of extreem

German

Adjective

extreme

1. inflection of extrem:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Ido

Adverb

extreme

1. extremely

Latin

Noun

extr?me

1. vocative singular of extr?mus

References

• extreme in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• extreme in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle French

Adjective

extreme m or f (plural extremes)

1. extreme

Spanish

Verb

extreme

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of extremar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of extremar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of extremar.

Swedish

Adjective

extreme

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of extrem.