a. | 1. | Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. | |||||||||
2. | Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. | ||||||||||
3. | Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental;
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v. t. & i. | 1. | To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end. | |||||||||
2. | To come or bring into use or practice. |
Adj. | 1. | ultimate - furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life" Antonyms: proximate - closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals" |
2. | ultimate - being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable" | |
3. | ultimate - being the ultimate or elemental constituents of anything; "the elemental stuff of...out of which the many forms of life have been molded"- Jack London; "the ultimate ingredients of matter"; "his proposal is elegantly simple" Synonyms: elemental |