ultimate

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈʌltɪmɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈʌltəmɪt/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ultimatus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimare (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”); see ultra-.

Adjective

Wikipedia

ultimate (not comparable)

1. Concerning the last or final thing in a series.
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. 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.

4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen sometime; eventual.

Antonyms

• (w.r.t. causes): proximate

Derived terms

• antepenultimate
• penultimate
• ultimateness

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimatum
• ultra
• ultra-

Translations

last or final in a series

• Dutch: definitief (nl)
• French: dernier (fr)
• Georgian: საბოლოო (ka) (saboloo), უკანასკნელი (ka) (ukanaskneli)
• German: letzter (de)
• Italian: ultimo (it) m, ultima (it) f
• Macedonian: последен (mk) (pósleden) m, краен (mk) (kráen) m, завршен (mk) (závršen) m, конечен (mk) (kónečen) m

• Norwegian: endelig (no)
• Polish: ostatni (pl) m
• Russian: последний (ru) (poslédnij), окончательный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj), крайний (ru) (krájnij), завершительный (ru) (zaveršítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: último (es), final (es)
• Swedish: ultimat (sv), slutlig (sv), slutgiltig (sv)

last in a word or other utterance

greatest or maximum

• Estonian: ülim (et)
• Georgian: უკიდურესი (ka) (ukiduresi), მაქსიმალური (ka) (mak’simaluri)
• German: ultimativ (de)
• Italian: estremo (it) m, estrema (it) f
• Macedonian: најголем (mk) (nájgolem) m, врвен (mk) (v'rven) m

• Norwegian: ultimat (no)
• Polish: największy (pl) m, najwyższy (pl) m
• Russian: наибольший (ru) (naibólʹšij), наивысший (ru) (naivýsšij)
• Spanish: máximo (es), extremo (es), mayor (es)
• Swedish: slutliga (sv)

most distant

• Georgian: უკიდურესი (ka) (ukiduresi)
• German: äußerster (de)
• Macedonian: најдалечен (mk) (najdálečen) m

• Russian: наидальнейший (ru) (naidalʹnéjšij)
• Serbo-Croatian: najdalji (sh)
• Spanish: último (es)

eventual

• Italian: definitivo (it) m, definitiva (it) f, conclusivo (it) m, conclusiva (it) f, ultimativo (it) m, ultimativa (it) f, finale (it)

• Macedonian: конечен (mk) (kónečen) m, краен (mk) (kráen) m
• Russian: конечный (ru) (konéčnyj), окончательный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj)

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• Dutch: ultiem, laatst, uiteindelijk
• Finnish: lopullinen (1), paras (2)
• French: ultime
• German: ultimativ

• Latin: ultimus

Noun

ultimate (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

External links

• ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ultimate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• mutilate

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Italian

Verb

ultimate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ultimare
2. second-person plural imperative of ultimare
3. Feminine plural of ultimato

Anagrams

• multiate, mutilate