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ultimate

//ˈʌltɪmət//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for ultimate

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
more ultimate
Superlative
most ultimate

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
ultimates

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Final; last in a series.

  2. 2.Last in a word or other utterance.

  3. 3.Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

    • 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. 4.Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

  2. 2.The final or most distant point; the conclusion

  3. 3.The greatest extremity; the maximum

  4. 4.Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2831

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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Etymology

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.

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