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Ultimate

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Noun

1. ultimate

the finest or most superior quality of its kind

Example Sentences:
'the ultimate in luxury'

Adjective

2. ultimate

furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme

Example Sentences:
'the ultimate achievement'
'the ultimate question'
'man's ultimate destiny'
'the ultimate insult'
'one's ultimate goal in life'

3. ultimate

being the last or concluding element of a series

Example Sentences:
'the ultimate sonata of that opus'
'a distinction between the verb and noun senses of conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ultimate

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adjective
1. 
conclusive in a series or process; last; final
an ultimate question
2. 
the highest or most significant
the ultimate goal
3. 
elemental, fundamental, basic, or essential
4. 
most extreme
the ultimate abuse of human rights
5. 
final or total
an ultimate cost of twenty million pounds
noun
6. 
the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Ultimate

see synonyms of ultimate
adjective
1. 
beyond which it is impossible to go; farthest; most remote or distant
2. 
by which a process or series comes to an end; final; conclusive
3. 
beyond which further analysis, division, etc. cannot be made; elemental; fundamental; primary
4. 
greatest or highest possible; maximum; utmost
noun
5. 
something ultimate; final point or result, fundamental principle, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ultimate

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adj.
1.
a. Being last in a series, process, or progression: "As the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution, the Supreme Court occupies a central place in our scheme of government" (Richard A. Epstein). See Synonyms at last1.
b. Eventual: hoped for ultimate victory.
2. Fundamental; elemental: an ultimate truth.
3.
a. Of the greatest possible size or significance; maximum: the ultimate act of courage.
b. Representing or exhibiting the greatest possible development or sophistication: the ultimate bicycle.
c. Utmost; extreme: the ultimate insult.
n.
1. The greatest extreme; the maximum: actions that represented the ultimate in political expediency.
2. also Ultimate A game played on a field by two teams of seven players each, the object being to gain possession of a flying disc by catching it and throwing it to a teammate, advancing the disc down the field until it is caught in the opponent's end zone. Players cannot run while holding the disc, and the game is self-officiated.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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