different between utmost vs extremes

English

Etymology

From Middle English utmest, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ?tmest, ?temest [and other forms], from ?t, ?te (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). ?t is derived from Proto-Germanic *?t (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??tm?(??)st/
• (General American) enPR: ?t'm?st, IPA^(key): /??tmo??st/, [???-], [??t-]
• Hyphenation: ut?most

Adjective

utmost (not comparable)

1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.

   Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost
2. The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

Derived terms

• utmostly

Related terms

• outermost
• outmost
• uttermost

Translations

Noun

utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)

1. The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

   Synonym: yondermost

Translations

References

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?st?i?mz/, /?k?st?i?mz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?st?imz/
• Hyphenation: ex?tremes

Noun

extremes

1. plural of extreme

Catalan

Adjective

extremes

1. feminine plural of extrem

German

Adjective

extremes

1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative neuter singular of extrem

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e?s?t?emes/, [e??s?t??e.mes]

Verb

extremes

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of extremar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of extremar.