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English
Etymology
< Medieval Latin ultimatus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimare (“to come to an end”) < ultimus (“last, final”); see ultra-.
Adjective
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- Concerning the last or final thing in a series.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
- E.g. The ultimate pleasure, or the ultimate disappointment
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page vii
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
- Being the most distant or extreme; farthest
- That will happen sometime; eventual
- The greatest extreme; most extreme or most superior.
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Noun
ultimate (plural ultimates)
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
External links
- ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ultimate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Verb
ultimate
- Second-person plural present tense of ultimare
- Second-person plural imperative of ultimare#Italian
- Feminine plural of ultimato
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