ultimate

[ uhl-tuh-mit ]

/ ˈʌl tə mɪt /

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adjective

last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.

maximum; decisive; conclusive: the ultimate authority; the ultimate weapon.

highest; not subsidiary: ultimate goal in life.

basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible: the ultimate particle; ultimate principles.

final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project.

not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed: the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity.

noun

the final point; final result.

a fundamental fact or principle.

the best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind.

Origin of ultimate

1645–55; < Late Latin ultimātus (past participle of ultimāre to come to an end), equivalent to Latin ultim(us) last, most distant (see ultima) + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR ultimate

1 extreme, remotest, uttermost.

2 supreme.

5 See last¹.

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ANTONYMS FOR ultimate

5 first.

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OTHER WORDS FROM ultimate

ul·ti·mate·ly, adverb ul·ti·mate·ness, noun sub·ul·ti·mate, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for ultimately (1 of 2)

ultimately

/ (ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ) /

adverb

in the end; at last; finally

British Dictionary definitions for ultimately (2 of 2)

ultimate

/ (ˈʌltɪmɪt) /

adjective

conclusive in a series or process; last; final an ultimate question

the highest or most significant the ultimate goal

elemental, fundamental, basic, or essential

most extreme genocide is the ultimate abuse of human rights

final or total an ultimate cost of twenty million pounds

noun

the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing

Derived forms of ultimate

ultimateness, noun

Word Origin for ultimate

C17: from Late Latin ultimāre to come to an end, from Latin ultimus last, from ulter distant

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