how to pronounce extreme

/ɪkˈstɹiːm/

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extreme is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of extreme in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a year that's extreme if I go on the …”

meaning of extreme

Extreme means very great or intense.

extreme frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word extreme occurs in english on average 36.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics extreme can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that extreme can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;