Meaning of 極める in Japanese

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Definition of 極める

  1. (v1, vt) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

    そこに行くことに決めた。
    I made up my mind to go there.

  2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
  3. to persist in doing; to go through with
  4. to always do; to have made a habit of
  5. to take for granted; to assume
  6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
  7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
  8. (MA, sumo) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
  1. (v1, vt) to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something
  2. to investigate thoroughly; to master

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