extreme sport

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.

Equivalents

Españoldeporte extremo

Françaissport extrême

DeutschExtremsport

6 more languages

Suomiäärilaji ekstremelaji extreme-lajiextreme-urheilu

Italianosport estremo

日本語エクストリームスポーツ極端なスポーツ

한국어극한 스포츠 익스트림 스포츠

Русскийэкстрема́льный вид спо́рта экстри́м

Svenskaextremsport

Examples

“Base-jumping is called an extreme sport, but I think ⟳ it should be called an insane sport.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

extreme ultraviolet extreme unction extreme value theorem extremely extremely low frequency Extremeness

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