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ultimate

/ˈʌltɪmət/

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What does ultimate mean?

adjective

  1. Final; last in a series.
  2. Last in a word or other utterance.
  3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
More meanings (9)

adjective

  1. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
  2. That will happen at some time; eventual.
  3. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
  4. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

noun

  1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
  2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
  3. The greatest extremity; the maximum
  4. Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.

verb

  1. (archaic) To finish; to complete.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈʌltɪmət/

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She smiled, just as if she had been asked to inspect a tiara of diamonds with the ultimate view of purchasing it.
Kate ChopinThe Awakening, and Selected Short StoriesProject Gutenberg ebook #160
We should have been glad to witness the next step towards assuming their ultimate form, but were disappointed, as the embryos died.
Charles KingsleyGlaucus; Or, The Wonders of the ShoreProject Gutenberg ebook #695
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But it is a great mistake to regard these values as ultimate ends to which the concrete satisfactions of experience are subordinate.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
He who allows his application to falter, or shirks his work on frivolous pretexts, is on the sure road to ultimate failure.
Samuel SmilesSelf Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceProject Gutenberg ebook #935
A set is merely a conglomeration of made and missed shots, and the man who does not miss is the ultimate victor.
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451