Definitions for ultimate
ˈʌl tə mɪtul·ti·mate

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ultimate(adj)

   the finest or most superior quality of its kind

   "the ultimate in luxury"

2. ultimate(adj)

   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. ultimate(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(4.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ultimate(Noun)

   The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

2. ultimate(Noun)

   The final or most distant point; the conclusion

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

3. ultimate(Noun)

   The greatest extremity; the maximum

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

4. ultimate(Adjective)

   Concerning the last or final thing in a series.

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

5. ultimate(Adjective)

   Last in a word or other utterance.

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

6. ultimate(Adjective)

   Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

7. ultimate(Adjective)

   Being the most distant or extreme; farthest

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

8. ultimate(Adjective)

   That will happen sometime; eventual

   Etymology: From ultimatus, past participle of ultimare, from ultimus; see ultra-.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Ultimate(adj)

   farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final

2. Ultimate(adj)

   last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final

3. Ultimate(adj)

   incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter

4. Ultimate

   to come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end

5. Ultimate

   to come or bring into use or practice

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ultimate

   Ultimate is a team sport played with a flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or the in-goal area in rugby. Players may not run with the disc, and must keep a pivot while holding the disc. While originally called ultimate frisbee, it is now officially called ultimate in many areas because Frisbee is registered as a trademark, albeit genericized, for the line of discs made by the Wham-O toy company. In 2008, there were 4.9 million Ultimate players in the US.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ultimate

   ul′ti-māt, adj. furthest: last: incapable of further division.—adv. Ul′timately.—n. Ultimā′tum, the final proposition or terms for a treaty:—pl. Ultimā′ta.—adj. Ul′timo, in the last (month).—n. Ul′timo-gen′iture, the same as Borough-English (q.v.)—opp. to Primogeniture.—Ultimus hæres (law), the crown or the state, which succeeds to the property of those who die intestate, without leaving next of kin, or who, being bastards, have no next of kin. [L. ultimus, the last, superl. of ulter.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ultimate

   Final or fundamental; being the best or ideal.

   The ultimate gift was unusually unique, special, unexpected and surprising.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 15, 2019  

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1. ultimate

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ultimate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3782

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ultimate' in Adjectives Frequency: #503

Anagrams for ultimate »

1. mutilate

How to pronounce ultimate?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ultimate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ultimate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of ultimate in a Sentence

1. Thomas Waldhauser:

   Russia is trying to exert influence on the ultimate decision of who becomes and what entity becomes in charge of the government inside Libya.

2. Donald Trump:

   We're doing everything we can do short of the ultimate -- and there are people that would like to have us do the ultimate.

3. Maggie Kuhn:

   The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

4. Stephen Hawking, Interview with The Guardian (UK) September 27, 2005:

   If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.

5. Kedar Joshi:

   The existence of God is not logically necessary, and yet, on the basis of some profound peculiar empirical order in the universe, it seems that He exists as the ultimate uncreated Being, implying a paradox, as no logically unnecessary entity can be uncreated. This paradox is the ultimate question asked by God, who is nothing but the ultimate questioner.

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