ultimate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   being the last or concluding element of a series

   the ultimate sonata of that opus

2. 2
   noun

   the finest or most superior quality of its kind

   the ultimate in luxury

3. 3
   adj

   Final; last in a series.

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

4. 4
   adj

   Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

   the ultimate pleasure

5. 5
   adj

   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

6. 6
   adj

   Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

   an ultimate constituent of matter

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   adj

   furthest or highest in degree or order

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-. * (ultimate frisbee): The sport was renamed to avoid the use of the Frisbee trademark.