ultimate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   The greatest or most extreme possible.

   Winning the championship was the ultimate reward for years of training.

2. 2
   adj

   Final; coming at the very end of a series or process.

   The ultimate goal of the project is to cure the disease.

3. 3
   noun

   The best or most extreme example of its kind.

   This hotel is the ultimate in luxury.

* 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.

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