Meaning of ultimate word

Recent Examples on the Web

Kisawa Sanctuary, Mozambique Remote Benguerra Island, in the Bazaruto Archipelago, has long been a magnet in the Indian Ocean—the ultimate rarefied dropout.


—Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 11 Apr. 2023




Culkin’s decision will likely rely upon Cox’s ultimate choice.


—Clayton Davis, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023




With an offseason of handwringing over Ryan Tannenhill already under way and Malik Willis slighted by the team down the stretch in 2022, Tennessee goes for a jumbo backfield, pairing the 6-foot-4, 244-pound Richardson with running back Derrick Henry for an ultimate short-yardage/goal-line package.


—Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 10 Apr. 2023




How great, then, to see Armstrong have enough faith in his instincts, his writers and his cast to create the ultimate problem and to trust everyone to solve it.


—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2023




All six shows being picked up again is the ultimate accolade to our incredible casts, producers and writers.


—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2023




Altman insists the company’s ultimate goal is to benefit all of humanity.


—Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2023




Altman insists the company’s ultimate goal is to benefit all of humanity.


—Gerrit De Vynck, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2023




For the third consecutive year, Bristol Motor Speedway has been transformed into the ultimate dirt track, giving NASCAR Cup Series drivers a chance to test their skidding and sliding skills and partake in a completely different form of racing.


—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2023

That’s the ultimate.


—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023




Not only that, but Bastion has a new ultimate.


—Kris Holt, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021




That’s carrying nepotism to its ultimate!


—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023




Don’t wait for the perfect ultimate.


—Dallas News, 9 May 2022




Ramattra Annihilation Using Annihilation while in Nemesis Form refreshes your bonus armor Developer comment: Players found that shifting out of Nemesis Form before activating the Annihilation ultimate would fully reset Nemesis Form’s bonus armor.


—Kris Holt, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023




Goldmann-Gilead lived through the ultimate of horrors.


—Elie Honig, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021




The Gladiators made a mistake, and Fearless used his ultimate to take the Gladiators’ support players out of the fight.


—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 9 June 2021




Fielder used his ultimate on Moira in a fight that was unwinnable.


—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 31 May 2021

This epic Civil Rights biopic covers the historic march from Selma to Montgomery, which ultimate leads to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.


—Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023




Provocative and poignant, Get Out uses discomfort to ultimate cinematic effect — especially through the chilling performances by Catherine Keener and Bradley Whitford — and makes viewers squirm in their seats in the process.


—Leigh Hewett, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022




From the moment Audi introduced its Quattro all-wheel-drive system in the ‘80s, ultimate all-wheel performance and handling became synonymous with the four-ringed badge.


—Bryan Campbell, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2022




For keen Christo fans and collectors, Sotheby’s Paris is presenting The Final Christo (until 3 October), an exhibition of 25 works telling the story of L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, from early dream to to ultimate realisation six decades later.


—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021




At the beginning of Harbaugh’s tenure as Ravens coach, the Pittsburgh Steelers barred the door to ultimate success.


—Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2021




As a player, Jared Goff and Peyton Manning are counting on me to do my job, which ultimate leads to helping the team.


—Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2021




Member of the 1970s all-decade team, Stabler was the 1974 NFL MVP and led the Raiders to ultimate glory in Super Bowl XI.


—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2020




Only when forced to face her demons after things go awry with love interest Nico (Roberta Colindrez) and handyman Baco (Raúl Castillo) does Emma open the door to ultimate freedom.


—Ew Staff, EW.com, 21 June 2019


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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

• From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimō, ultimāre (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.
• (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌltɪmɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌltəmɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Adjective[edit]

ultimate (not comparable)

1. Final; last in a series.

   • 1677, Robert Plot, “Of the Heavens and Air”, in The natural history of Oxford-shire: Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England‎^[1], page 15:

     […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]

2. (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

   the ultimate pleasure

   the ultimate disappointment

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate «closet taxonomist,» Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection

     those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict

7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

   an ultimate constituent of matter

Synonyms[edit]

• (final): See Thesaurus:final
• (most extreme): utmost, uttermost

Antonyms[edit]

• (w.r.t. causes): initial, original
• (most extreme): original, derivative

Coordinate terms[edit]

• (adjectives denoting syllables): penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

Derived terms[edit]

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Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

ultimate (countable and uncountable, plural ultimates)

1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
3. The greatest extremity; the maximum
4. (uncountable, sports) Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee/ultimate disc.

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

ultimate (third-person singular simple present ultimates, present participle ultimating, simple past and past participle ultimated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.
   • 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)

     These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.

Further reading[edit]

• ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “ultimate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

• mutilate

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English ultimate.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈultimɑte/, [ˈult̪iˌmɑt̪e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑte
• Syllabification^(key): ul‧ti‧ma‧te

Noun[edit]

ultimate

1. ultimate frisbee (game)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of ultimate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative	ultimate	ultimatet
genitive	ultimaten	ultimatejen
partitive	ultimatea	ultimateja
illative	ultimateen	ultimateihin
	singular	plural
nominative	ultimate	ultimatet
accusative	nom.	ultimate	ultimatet
gen.	ultimaten
genitive	ultimaten	ultimatejen ultimateinrare
partitive	ultimatea	ultimateja
inessive	ultimatessa	ultimateissa
elative	ultimatesta	ultimateista
illative	ultimateen	ultimateihin
adessive	ultimatella	ultimateilla
ablative	ultimatelta	ultimateilta
allative	ultimatelle	ultimateille
essive	ultimatena	ultimateina
translative	ultimateksi	ultimateiksi
instructive	—	ultimatein
abessive	ultimatetta	ultimateitta
comitative	See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ultimate (type nalle)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimateni ultimateni accusative nom. ultimateni ultimateni gen. ultimateni genitive ultimateni ultimatejeni ultimateinirare partitive ultimateani ultimatejani inessive ultimatessani ultimateissani elative ultimatestani ultimateistani illative ultimateeni ultimateihini adessive ultimatellani ultimateillani ablative ultimateltani ultimateiltani allative ultimatelleni ultimateilleni essive ultimatenani ultimateinani translative ultimatekseni ultimateikseni instructive — — abessive ultimatettani ultimateittani comitative — ultimateineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimatesi ultimatesi accusative nom. ultimatesi ultimatesi gen. ultimatesi genitive ultimatesi ultimatejesi ultimateisirare partitive ultimateasi ultimatejasi inessive ultimatessasi ultimateissasi elative ultimatestasi ultimateistasi illative ultimateesi ultimateihisi adessive ultimatellasi ultimateillasi ablative ultimateltasi ultimateiltasi allative ultimatellesi ultimateillesi essive ultimatenasi ultimateinasi translative ultimateksesi ultimateiksesi instructive — — abessive ultimatettasi ultimateittasi comitative — ultimateinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimatemme ultimatemme accusative nom. ultimatemme ultimatemme gen. ultimatemme genitive ultimatemme ultimatejemme ultimateimmerare partitive ultimateamme ultimatejamme inessive ultimatessamme ultimateissamme elative ultimatestamme ultimateistamme illative ultimateemme ultimateihimme adessive ultimatellamme ultimateillamme ablative ultimateltamme ultimateiltamme allative ultimatellemme ultimateillemme essive ultimatenamme ultimateinamme translative ultimateksemme ultimateiksemme instructive — — abessive ultimatettamme ultimateittamme comitative — ultimateinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimatenne ultimatenne accusative nom. ultimatenne ultimatenne gen. ultimatenne genitive ultimatenne ultimatejenne ultimateinnerare partitive ultimateanne ultimatejanne inessive ultimatessanne ultimateissanne elative ultimatestanne ultimateistanne illative ultimateenne ultimateihinne adessive ultimatellanne ultimateillanne ablative ultimateltanne ultimateiltanne allative ultimatellenne ultimateillenne essive ultimatenanne ultimateinanne translative ultimateksenne ultimateiksenne instructive — — abessive ultimatettanne ultimateittanne comitative — ultimateinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ultimatensa ultimatensa accusative nom. ultimatensa ultimatensa gen. ultimatensa genitive ultimatensa ultimatejensa ultimateinsarare partitive ultimateaan ultimateansa ultimatejaan ultimatejansa inessive ultimatessaan ultimatessansa ultimateissaan ultimateissansa elative ultimatestaan ultimatestansa ultimateistaan ultimateistansa illative ultimateensa ultimateihinsa adessive ultimatellaan ultimatellansa ultimateillaan ultimateillansa ablative ultimateltaan ultimateltansa ultimateiltaan ultimateiltansa allative ultimatelleen ultimatellensa ultimateilleen ultimateillensa essive ultimatenaan ultimatenansa ultimateinaan ultimateinansa translative ultimatekseen ultimateksensa ultimateikseen ultimateiksensa instructive — — abessive ultimatettaan ultimatettansa ultimateittaan ultimateittansa comitative — ultimateineen ultimateinensa

Synonyms[edit]

• liitokiekkoilu

Anagrams[edit]

• amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu, leimatut

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

ultimate

1. inflection of ultimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

ultimate f pl

1. feminine plural of ultimato

Anagrams[edit]

• multiate, mutilate

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul.tiˈmaː.te/, [ʊɫ̪t̪ɪˈmäːt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul.tiˈma.te/, [ul̪t̪iˈmäːt̪e]

Verb[edit]

ultimāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ultimō

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

ultimate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ultimar combined with te

Полезное

The word ultimate comes from the Latin term latimatus and means “last,” “final,” or “farthest.” ❋ Carlton Pearson (2010)

But he joked that John Ashbery had asked him what the word ultimate meant. ❋ Amy Gerstler (2010)

The term ultimate was used advisedly, and still stands. ❋ Smith, E. E. (1954)

Manji discusses relativism versus pluralism to express what she calls the ultimate form of liberty. ❋ Irshad Manji (2011)

Everything we do as individuals is determined by who we think we are — or, in the case of school reform, by what we define as our ultimate goals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tonight, President Bush opens up as never before in what he calls the ultimate exit interview. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I appreciate what you describe as your ultimate goal in these discussions: mutual understanding and peace and prosperity for both sides. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Still, eating ortolans isnt technically illegal, so English TV personality Jeremy Clarkson ventured to Gascony in 2002 to sample what he called the ultimate French delicacy, the highest of haute cuisine. ❋ Mark Caro (2009)

Now this, what I call the ultimate tropical bliss. ❋ Kat (2009)

The archive reveals that «Ringelblum never succumbed to what he defined as the ultimate despair: the failure to record what one saw.» ❋ Mary L. Dudziak (2009)

At the one end of the spectrum he puts what he calls ultimate ends — the life goals which philosophers deal with when they address the issue of happiness and the question of what constitutes a «good» life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Plus, Barack Obama’s wife breaks her silence on what she calls the ultimate fear bomb, the use of his middle name. ❋ Unknown (2008)

«It would be,» she said in a French TV documentary, «what they call the ultimate catch.» ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now the 39-year-old real-estate mogul wants to establish what he calls the ultimate «world-class village» on a tiny island north of Ocean Drive. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here’s an example quote from myspace.com/Bright503K
«Life’s an [intricate] puzzle. Every piece has its place. [Everything happens for a reason]. God, our creator, is the ultimate [mastermind]» —KL ❋ With A K (2008)

«dude your name is jimmy….thats fucking [ultimate dude] the vibes are [goood] man [vibess]» ❋ Muddaa (2008)

Have you seen Adam’s new ultimate storage system v18 with his ultimate item input and ultimate item call paired with [Cubic’s] ultimate encoder and ultimate dolphin system and ultimate bulk which also is connected to his ultimate [crafter] with all goes into Adam’s ultimate [dropper] storage and ultimate box display layout? ❋ Kairyu333 (2022)

«bromotha you look like your [doped] on heaven», says [William].
«[yay] i found my ultimate«, says j. ❋ DiamondOne (2006)

Man Black [Tay] was on that [Patron] and he had one ultimate [Cur]. ❋ Mark A Fox (2006)

Jonny: Hey Rachel, [are you ready] for a visit from [the ultimator]?
Rachel: Maybe if i get my [microscope]. ❋ Hadomaru2 (2010)

Damn, she was so [loose] I [achieved] the ultimate with [ease]! ❋ Yoyo Maaaaa (2006)

Wanna [go play] [ultimate]?
Yes, I do want go play ultimate, for it is the [sport that] is rock. ❋ Andrej (2004)

He is their [father] and he is [ultimately] [responsible] ❋ Adiym (2016)

[This is] the ultimate [one]! ❋ Saetern (2018)

конечный, окончательный, максимальный, предельный, основной, последний, первичный

прилагательное ↓

существительное ↓

глагол

- завершать
- (in) завершаться (чем-л.); иметь результатом

Словосочетания

the ultimate goal of all our investigations and observations — конечная цель всех наших исследований и наблюдений  
ultimate cause — конечная причина  
one’s final / ultimate destination — конечный пункт чьего-л. маршрута  
the ultimate deterrent — последний сдерживающий фактор  
ultimate goal — конечная цель  
real / ultimate adventure — настоящее приключение  
ultimate price — окончательная цена  
the great / last / supreme / ultimate sacrifice — смерть в бою за родину  
ultimate resolution — окончательное решение  
ultimate result — окончательный результат  
ultimate parvenu — беспардонный выскочка  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Возможные однокоренные слова

ultimately  — в конечном счете, в конце концов
ultimation  — исход, результат, приведение к окончательному результату
ultimatism  — ультиматизм, бескомпромиссность, крайние взгляды, убеждения

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An Oscar means a lot of things because it’s like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you’re creating you shouldn’t think about it.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ULTIMATE

From Late Latin ultimāre to come to an end, from Latin ultimus last, from ulter distant.

PRONUNCIATION OF ULTIMATE

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ULTIMATE

Ultimate can act as a noun and an adjective.

WHAT DOES ULTIMATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ultimate in the English dictionary

The first definition of ultimate in the dictionary is conclusive in a series or process; last; final. Other definition of ultimate is the highest or most significant. Ultimate is also elemental, fundamental, basic, or essential.

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