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English adjective: ultimate

1. ultimate furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme


SamplesThe ultimate achievement.
The ultimate question.
Man's ultimate destiny.
The ultimate insult.
One's ultimate goal in life.


Similarcrowning, eventual, final, last, last-ditch, net, supreme


Attributeultimacy, ultimateness


Antonymsproximate

2. ultimate being the last or concluding element of a series


SamplesThe 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.


Similarlast


Antonymsfirst


English noun: ultimate

1. ultimate (attribute) the finest or most superior quality of its kind


SamplesThe ultimate in luxury.


Broader (hypernym)quality









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