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| 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. |
| 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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