Definitions for ultimate
ˈʌl tə mɪtul·ti·mate

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

1. ultimateadjective

   the finest or most superior quality of its kind

   "the ultimate in luxury"

2. ultimateadjective

   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. ultimateadjective

   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. ultimatenoun

   The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

2. ultimatenoun

   The final or most distant point; the conclusion

3. ultimatenoun

   The greatest extremity; the maximum

4. ultimateadjective

   Concerning the last or final thing in a series.

5. ultimateadjective

   Last in a word or other utterance.

6. ultimateadjective

   Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

7. ultimateadjective

   Being the most distant or extreme; farthest

8. ultimateadjective

   That will happen sometime; eventual

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ULTIMATEadjective

   Intended in the last resort; being the last in the train of consequences.

   Etymology: ultimus, Latin.

   I would be at the worst; worst is my port,
   My harbour, and my ultimate repose. John Milton.

   Many actions apt to procure fame, are not conducive to this our ultimate happiness. Addison.

   The ultimate allotment of God to men, is really a consequence of their own voluntary choice, in doing good or evil. John Rogers, Sermons.

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

1. Ultimateadjective

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

2. Ultimateadjective

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

3. Ultimateadjective

   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.]

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1. ultimate

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Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ultimate

   last or final: that larval stage just before pupation.

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?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Lu Chung-chi:

   We shoulder ultimate responsibility.

2. Émile Durkheim:

   From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

3. Rainer Maria Rilke:

   For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

4. Andrew Mayes:

   The report also emphasizes that, while risks to health of microplastics through ingestion in water may be low, there is a continuing need to reduce plastic inputs into the environment at source, in order to prevent the problem becoming worse, this can be enacted through better waste management and implementation of incentive schemes and governments should prioritize such actions in the overall global strategy to reduce plastic inputs into oceans( the ultimate sink for all of the waste).

5. Dan Friedkin:

   This is an important step toward our ultimate goal of identifying and returning home the crew of ‘Heaven Can Wait’ who bravely served our country during the battle at Hansa Bay, our search efforts for the more than 72,000 missing American service members from World War II will continue as we seek to bring closure to the families impacted by their loss.

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