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ultimate

ul·ti·mate

US/ˈʌltɪmət/ common

adjective

1.

furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme

  • “the ultimate achievement”
  • “the ultimate question”
  • “man”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “s ultimate goal in life”
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2.

being the last or concluding element of a series

  • “the ultimate sonata of that opus”
  • “a distinction between the verb and noun senses of”
  • “is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable”
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3.

being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything

  • “the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded” Jack London
  • “the ultimate ingredients of matter”
  • “his proposal is elegantly simple”
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Origin

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.

Phrases

  • pay the ultimate price
  • ultimate sacrifice
  • ultimate tensile strength
  • ultimate wheel

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