1. (noun)ultimate the finest or most superiorquality of its kind "the ultimate in luxury"
2. (adj)ultimate furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"
3. (adj)ultimate being the last or concluding element of a series "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"