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| NOUN: | 1. Either of the two points at the ends of a spectrum or range: limit. See EDGE. 2. The ultimate point to which an action, thought, discussion, or policy is carried: end, length, limit. See LIMITED. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit: excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, overabundant, overmuch, undue. See EXCESS. 2. Holding especially political views that deviate drastically and fundamentally from conventional or traditional beliefs: extremist, fanatic, fanatical, rabid, radical, revolutionary, ultra. Slang : far-out. See CONCERN, EDGE, POLITICS. 3. Most distant or remote, as from a center: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. See BIG, EDGE. 4. Of the greatest possible degree, quality, or intensity: supreme, transcendent, ultimate, unsurpassable, utmost, uttermost. See BETTER, BIG.
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