Definitions for ultimately
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Princeton's WordNet(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ultimately, finally, in the end, at last, at long last(adverb)

   as the end result of a succession or process

   "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ultimately(Adverb)

   Indicating the last item.

   Firstly, ... Secondly, ... Ultimately, ...

2. ultimately(Adverb)

   Indicating the most important action.

   Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.

3. ultimately(Adverb)

   Recently

   Ultimately, I have been studying Greek at evening classes.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ultimately(adverb)

   as a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ultimately' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3407

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ultimately' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3818

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ultimately' in Adverbs Frequency: #249

How to pronounce ultimately?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ultimately in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ultimately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ultimately in a Sentence

1. Nigel Lowrie:

   Everyone discussed revenue models at length, and we explored each model, but ultimately for Gris, it came down to the need to stay true to the game itself, the overall impact of the game's story... would have been altered drastically with a microtransaction model.

2. Vincent Janik:

   Seals are the only mammals we know of now that use the same mechanisms, finding other mammals that use their vocal tract in the same way as us to modify sounds informs us on how vocal skills are influenced by genetics and learning and can ultimately help to develop new methods to study speech disorders.

3. George Russell:

   Realistically, karting will be the first opportunity I get, as soon as I can, I'll be karting. But ultimately I want to try and jump in a Formula One car before we go back racing again.

4. Aaron Foss:

   It means putting more pressure on carriers to put this in natively - that will be ultimately what solves the problem.

5. David Ferbrache:

   Ultimately, the financial sector as a community needs to organize this themselves.

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