English Online Dictionary. What means ultimate? What does ultimate mean?
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin ultimatus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimare (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌltɪmɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌltəmɪt/
Adjective
ultimate (not comparable)
- Final; last in a series.
- (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
- Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
- the ultimate pleasure
- the ultimate disappointment
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, 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.
- 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.
- Coleridge
- those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict
- Coleridge
- Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
- an ultimate constituent of matter
Synonyms
- (final): See Thesaurus:final
- (most extreme): utmost, uttermost
Antonyms
- (w.r.t. causes): proximate
Coordinate terms
- (adjectives denoting syllables): penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)
Derived terms
- antepenultimate
- penultimate
- ultimateness
Related terms
- ulterior
- ultimatum
- ultra
- ultra-
Translations
Noun
ultimate (plural ultimates)
- The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
- The final or most distant point; the conclusion
- The greatest extremity; the maximum
- (uncountable) A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone.
- Ultimate (sport) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations
Verb
ultimate (third-person singular simple present ultimates, present participle ultimating, simple past and past participle ultimated)
- (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.
- 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)
Further reading
- ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ultimate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams
- mutilate
Finnish
Etymology
From English ultimate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈultimɑte/, [ˈult̪imɑt̪e̞]
- Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧te
Noun
ultimate
- ultimate frisbee (game)
Declension
Anagrams
- amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu
Italian
Verb
ultimate
- second-person plural present indicative of ultimare
- second-person plural imperative of ultimare
- feminine plural of ultimato
Anagrams
- multiate, mutilate
Latin
Verb
ultimāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ultimō