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ultimateness - 1 dictionary result

ul⋅ti⋅mate

  [uhl-tuh-mit]
Use ultimateness in a Sentence
–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.
6. not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed: the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity.
–noun
7. the final point; final result.
8. a fundamental fact or principle.
9. the best, greatest, or most extreme of its kind.
Origin:
1645–55; < LL ultimātus (ptp. of ultimāre to come to an end), equiv. to L ultim(us) last, most distant (see ultima ) + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
ul⋅ti⋅mate⋅ly, adverb
ul⋅ti⋅mate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. extreme, remotest, uttermost. 2. supreme. 5. See last 1 .

Antonyms:
5. first.
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