ultimate
IPA: ˈʌɫtʌmʌt
noun
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
- (uncountable, sports) Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee/ultimate disc.
verb
- (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.
adjective
- Final; last in a series.
- (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
- Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
- That will happen at some time; eventual.
- 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.
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Examples of "ultimate" in Sentences
- The internet is the ultimate democracy.
- He is, ultimately, an insecure wastrel.
- The adventure was ultimately unfruitful.
- It is sort of the ultimate futile hobby.
- He is the ultimate story of perseverance.
- It seems to be the ultimate idyllic utopia.
- Ultimately, this is the flaw with the razor.
- Nirvana is the ultimate goal of Theravadans.
- Survival of the species is the ultimate goal.
- That's arguable, and ultimately responsible of the institutions.