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ultimate.

Final; last in a series.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈʌltɪmət/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/-ɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Final; last in a series.

    not-comparable
  2. Last in a word or other utterance.

    not-comparable
  3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

    the ultimate pleasure
    the ultimate disappointment
  4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

  5. That will happen at some time; eventual.

    not-comparable
  6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

    not-comparable
  7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

    not-comparable
    an ultimate constituent of matter
Where this word comes from

* 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.

noun/ˈʌltɪmət/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/-ɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

    countable · uncountable
  2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion

    countable · uncountable
  3. The greatest extremity; the maximum

    countable · uncountable
  4. Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · uncountable
Where this word comes from

* 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.

verb/ˈʌltɪmət/General-American, Received-Pronunciation/-ɪt/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To finish; to complete.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

* 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.

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