Pronunciation
How to pronounce “extremes”
“extremes” is pronounced /ɛkstɹiːmz/ — 2 syllables.
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extremes
/ɛkstɹiːmz/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'iːmz' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
the furthest or highest degree of something
“he carried it to extremes”
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