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Wiktionary

  1. ultra-prefix

    Greater than normal quantity or importance

    ultrasecret

  2. ultra-prefix

    Beyond, on the far side of

    ultraviolet

  3. Etymology: From the ultra

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ultra-adjective

    a prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ultra- in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ultra- in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of ultra- in a Sentence

  1. Felix Tamsut:

    Generally speaking, the situation is much better than it used to be 20 to 30 years ago, and that's largely thanks to the ultra movement and fan activism in general, but anti-Semitism is slowly returning to being a thing in German society, so it's bound to have some sort of an effect on the game.

  2. Ken Cheung:

    Investors reckoned that the pick of Ueda-san is a signal to pave the way [for BOJ] to exit the ultra-loose policy, [The] chance for ending the yield curve control policy and negative interest rate[s] has been increasing.

  3. Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer:

    It is well expected that the rate will lift off before the end of this year, we will be moving from an ultra expansionary monetary policy to an extremely expansionary monetary policy.

  4. Danielle DiMartino Booth:

    Ultra-low mortgage rates have helped feed a frenzy in housing.

  5. Takashi Miwa:

    What’s notable was the BOJ’s cautious price outlook through fiscal 2023, it suggests the BOJ will have no choice but to continue its ultra-loose policy even after Kuroda’s current term ends.


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