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Meaning of 'ultimate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ultimate [ a.]
- Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
- Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
- Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter.
2 . Ultimate [ v. t. & i.]
- To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.
- To come or bring into use or practice.

Meaning of 'ultimate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ultimate [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the finest or most superior quality of its kind
Example in sentence:
  • the ultimate in luxury
2 . ultimate [ a]
Meaning (2):
- furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
Example in sentence:
  • man's ultimate destiny;
  • one's ultimate goal in life;
  • the ultimate achievement;
  • the ultimate insult;
  • the ultimate question
3 . ultimate [ s]
Meaning (3):
- being the last or concluding element of a series
Example in sentence:
  • a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable;
  • the ultimate sonata of that opus

Nearby Words:

ulterior ulteriorly ultima ultimata ultimated ultimately ultimating ultimation ultimatum ultimatums

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