ultimate
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ultimate
- /ˈʌltɪmət/ US, UK
- /-ɪt/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ʌltɪmət
Where it comes from
* 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-.
* (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.
adjective more ultimate · most ultimate
- Final; last in a series. […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
- Last in a word or other utterance.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme. the ultimate pleasure
- Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
- That will happen at some time; eventual.
- Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict
- Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental. an ultimate constituent of matter
noun ultimates
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
- Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc
verb ultimates · ultimating · ultimated
- To finish; to complete. 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.
