ultimate

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultimō, ultimāre (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌltɪmɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʌltəmɪt/

• Audio (UK)

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Adjective

ultimate (not comparable)

1. Final; last in a series.
   • 1677, Robert Plot, “Of the Heavens and Air”, in The natural history of Oxford-shire: Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England‎^[1], page 15:

     […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]

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[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, 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 at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
   • (Can we date this quote by Coleridge and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict

7. 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

• Template:syllable adjectives

Derived terms

• antepenultimate
• penultimate
• ultimateness

 

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimatum
• ultra
• ultra-

 

Translations

final; last in a series

• Dutch: definitief (nl)
• Finnish: viimeinen (fi)
• French: dernier (fr)
• Galician: último (gl)
• Georgian: საბოლოო (saboloo), უკანასკნელი (uḳanasḳneli)
• German: ^{(please verify)} letzter (de), ultimativ (de)
• Hungarian: utolsó (hu)
• Indonesian: pamungkas (id)
• Italian: ultimo (it) m, ultima (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: по́следен m (pósleden), кра́ен m (kráen), за́вршен m (závršen), ко́нечен m (kónečen)
• Norwegian: endelig (no)
• Polish: ostatni (pl) m
• Portuguese: último (pt) m, última (pt) f
• Russian: после́дний (ru) (poslédnij), оконча́тельный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj), кра́йний (ru) (krájnij), заверши́тельный (ru) (zaveršítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: último (es), final (es)
• Swedish: ultimat (sv), slutlig (sv), slutgiltig (sv)
• Ukrainian: оста́нній (uk) (ostánnij), остато́чний (ostatóčnyj), кра́йній (krájnij)

last in a word or other utterance

• Finnish: viimeinen (fi), loppu-
• Hungarian: hátsó (hu), hátulsó, leghátsó, leghátulsó
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

greatest or maximum

• Esperanto: la plej granda, pleja, maksimuma
• Estonian: ülim
• Finnish: äärimmäinen (fi), korkein (fi)
• Georgian: უკიდურესი (uḳiduresi), მაქსიმალური (maksimaluri)
• German: ultimativ (de)
• Hungarian: végső (hu)
• Indonesian: pamungkas (id)
• Italian: estremo (it) m, estrema (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: на́јголем m (nájgolem), врвен m (vrven)
• Norwegian: ultimat
• Polish: największy m, najwyższy m
• Russian: наибо́льший (ru) (naibólʹšij), наивы́сший (ru) (naivýsšij)
• Spanish: máximo (es), extremo (es), mayor (es)
• Swedish: slutliga (sv)
• Ukrainian: найбі́льший (uk) (najbílʹšyj), максима́льний (uk) (maksymálʹnyj)

most distant

• Finnish: etäisin, kaukaisin
• Georgian: უკიდურესი (uḳiduresi)
• German: äußerster (de)
• Hungarian: legtávolabbi, legkülső
• Macedonian: најда́лечен m (najdálečen)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: наидальне́йший (naidalʹnéjšij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: najdalji (sh)

• Spanish: último (es)
• Ukrainian: найвідда́леніший (najviddálenišyj)

eventual

• Finnish: lopullinen (fi)
• Italian: definitivo (it) m, definitiva (it) f, conclusivo (it) m, conclusiva (it) f, ultimativo m, ultimativa f, finale (it)
• Macedonian: ко́нечен m (kónečen), кра́ен m (kráen)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: коне́чный (ru) (konéčnyj), оконча́тельный (ru) (okončátelʹnyj)
• Ukrainian: остато́чний (ostatóčnyj)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ultiem (nl), ^{(please verify)} laatst (nl), ^{(please verify)} uiteindelijk (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} ultime (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} ultimativ (de)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} 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
4. (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

the greatest extremity

• Finnish: äärimmäisyys (fi), ääri (fi)
• Maori: ikeiketanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

ultimate frisbee — see ultimate frisbee

Verb

1. (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.

Further reading

• “ultimate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ultimate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• mutilate

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Finnish

Etymology

From English ultimate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈultimɑte/, [ˈul̪t̪iˌmɑ̝t̪e̞]
• Hyphenation: ul‧ti‧ma‧te

Noun

ultimate

1. ultimate frisbee (game)

Declension

Inflection of ultimate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		ultimate	ultimatet
genitive		ultimaten	ultimatejen
partitive		ultimatea	ultimateja
illative		ultimateen	ultimateihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ultimate	ultimatet
accusative	nom.	ultimate	ultimatet
	gen.	ultimaten
genitive		ultimaten	ultimatejen ultimateinrare
partitive		ultimatea	ultimateja
inessive		ultimatessa	ultimateissa
elative		ultimatesta	ultimateista
illative		ultimateen	ultimateihin
adessive		ultimatella	ultimateilla
ablative		ultimatelta	ultimateilta
allative		ultimatelle	ultimateille
essive		ultimatena	ultimateina
translative		ultimateksi	ultimateiksi
abessive		ultimatetta	ultimateitta
instructive		—	ultimatein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ultimate (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimateni ultimateni accusative nom. ultimateni ultimateni gen. ultimateni genitive ultimateni ultimatejeni ultimateinirare partitive ultimateani ultimatejani inessive ultimatessani ultimateissani elative ultimatestani ultimateistani illative ultimateeni ultimateihini adessive ultimatellani ultimateillani ablative ultimateltani ultimateiltani allative ultimatelleni ultimateilleni essive ultimatenani ultimateinani translative ultimatekseni ultimateikseni abessive ultimatettani ultimateittani instructive — — comitative — ultimateineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ultimatesi ultimatesi accusative nom. ultimatesi ultimatesi gen. ultimatesi genitive ultimatesi ultimatejesi ultimateisirare partitive ultimateasi ultimatejasi inessive ultimatessasi ultimateissasi elative ultimatestasi ultimateistasi illative ultimateesi ultimateihisi adessive ultimatellasi ultimateillasi ablative ultimateltasi ultimateiltasi allative ultimatellesi ultimateillesi essive ultimatenasi ultimateinasi translative ultimateksesi ultimateiksesi abessive ultimatettasi ultimateittasi instructive — — comitative — ultimateinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimatemme ultimatemme accusative nom. ultimatemme ultimatemme gen. ultimatemme genitive ultimatemme ultimatejemme ultimateimmerare partitive ultimateamme ultimatejamme inessive ultimatessamme ultimateissamme elative ultimatestamme ultimateistamme illative ultimateemme ultimateihimme adessive ultimatellamme ultimateillamme ablative ultimateltamme ultimateiltamme allative ultimatellemme ultimateillemme essive ultimatenamme ultimateinamme translative ultimateksemme ultimateiksemme abessive ultimatettamme ultimateittamme instructive — — comitative — ultimateinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ultimatenne ultimatenne accusative nom. ultimatenne ultimatenne gen. ultimatenne genitive ultimatenne ultimatejenne ultimateinnerare partitive ultimateanne ultimatejanne inessive ultimatessanne ultimateissanne elative ultimatestanne ultimateistanne illative ultimateenne ultimateihinne adessive ultimatellanne ultimateillanne ablative ultimateltanne ultimateiltanne allative ultimatellenne ultimateillenne essive ultimatenanne ultimateinanne translative ultimateksenne ultimateiksenne abessive ultimatettanne ultimateittanne instructive — — comitative — ultimateinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ultimatensa ultimatensa accusative nom. ultimatensa ultimatensa gen. ultimatensa genitive ultimatensa ultimatejensa ultimateinsarare partitive ultimateaan ultimateansa ultimatejaan ultimatejansa inessive ultimatessaan ultimatessansa ultimateissaan ultimateissansa elative ultimatestaan ultimatestansa ultimateistaan ultimateistansa illative ultimateensa ultimateihinsa adessive ultimatellaan ultimatellansa ultimateillaan ultimateillansa ablative ultimateltaan ultimateltansa ultimateiltaan ultimateiltansa allative ultimatelleen ultimatellensa ultimateilleen ultimateillensa essive ultimatenaan ultimatenansa ultimateinaan ultimateinansa translative ultimatekseen ultimateksensa ultimateikseen ultimateiksensa abessive ultimatettaan ultimatettansa ultimateittaan ultimateittansa instructive — — comitative — ultimateineen ultimateinensa

Anagrams

• amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu

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Italian

Verb

ultimate

1. inflection of ultimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• multiate, mutilate

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ul.tiˈmaː.te/, [ʊɫ̪t̪ɪˈmäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul.tiˈma.te/, [ul̪t̪iˈmäːt̪e]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ultimāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ultimō