ultimately
Use Ultimately in a sentence
tə adjective
1.
last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
2.
maximum; decisive; conclusive: the ultimate authority; the ultimate weapon.
3.
highest; not subsidiary: ultimate goal in life.
4.
basic; fundamental; representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible: the ultimate particle; ultimate principles.
5.
final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project.
noun
7.
the final point; final result.
8.
a fundamental fact or principle.
9.
the best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind.
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Origin:
1645–55; < Late Latin ultimātus (past participle of ultimāre to come to an end), equivalent to Latin ultim(us) last, most distant (see ultima) + -ātus -ate1
1645–55; < Late Latin ultimātus (past participle of ultimāre to come to an end), equivalent to Latin ultim(us) last, most distant (see ultima) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
ul·ti·mate·ly, adverb
ul·ti·mate·ness, noun
sub·ul·ti·mate, adjective
Can be confused: 1. paramount, tantamount, ultimately ; 2. penultimate, last, ultimate ; 3. ultimate, ultimatum.
Antonyms
5. first.
5. first.
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ultimate (ˈʌltɪmɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | conclusive in a series or process; last; final: an ultimate question |
| 2. | the highest or most significant: the ultimate goal |
| 3. | elemental, fundamental, basic, or essential |
| 4. | most extreme: genocide is the ultimate abuse of human rights |
| 5. | final or total: an ultimate cost of twenty million pounds |
| —n | |
| 6. | the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing |
| [C17: from Late Latin ultimāre to come to an end, from Latin ultimus last, from ulter distant] | |
| 'ultimateness | |
| —n | |
| ultimately (ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ) | |
| —adv | |
| in the end; at last; finally | |
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Word Origin & History
ultimate
1654, from L.L. ultimatus, pp. of ultimare "to be final, come to an end," from ultimus "last, final," superlative of *ulter "beyond" (see ultra). Ultimate Frisbee is attested from 1972.
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Example sentences
We are ultimately left with a dependent dying universe, that is unable to explain itself.
Beyond that, ultimately his way of doing things is intimately tied to using the observational equipment he was born with.
Brushing such problems under the carpet will ultimately be counter-productive.
It is on the retina that the light is converted into a neural signal that is ultimately interpreted by the brain as an image.
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