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ultimate

/ˈʌltɪmɪt/

noun

Meaning

  • The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

  • The final or most distant point; the conclusion

  • The greatest extremity; the maximum

  • A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone; ultimate frisbee.

verb

Meaning

  • To finish; to complete.

adjective

Meaning

  • Final; last in a series.

  • (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.

  • Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

    "the ultimate disappointment"

  • 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.

    "an ultimate constituent of matter"

Synonyms

utmost,
uttermost