ultimate

  • 11ultimate — I adjective basic, conclusive, conclusory, crowning, elemental, elementary, end, ending, essential, eventual, extreme, extremus, farthest, final, fundamental, furthermost, furthest, greatest possible, last, maximum, most distant, most remote,… …

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  • 12ultimate — (adj.) 1650s, from L.L. ultimatus, pp. of ultimare to be final, come to an end, from ultimus last, final, superlative of *ulter beyond (see ULTRA (Cf. ultra )). Ultimate Frisbee is attested from 1972 …

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  • 13ultimate — [ul′tə mit] adj. [LL ultimatus, pp. of ultimare, to come to an end < L ultimus: see ULTIMA] 1. beyond which it is impossible to go; farthest; most remote or distant 2. by which a process or series comes to an end; final; conclusive 3. beyond… …

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  • 14Ultimate — Ul ti*mate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.] 1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15Ultimate — Endspiel Australien – USA, World Games 2005 Ultimate (früher auch Ultimate Frisbee genannt – da der Begriff „Frisbee“ von der US amerikanischen Firma Wham O geschützt ist, darf er nicht mehr offiziell verwendet werden) ist ein… …

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  • 16Ultimate 3D — Infobox Software name = Ultimate 3D author = Christoph Peters developer = Christoph Peters website = http://www.ultimate3d.org/ license = Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported operating system = Microsoft Windows latest release version = 2.1… …

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  • 17ultimate — [[t]ʌ̱ltɪmət[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use ultimate to describe the final result or aim of a long series of events. He said it is still not possible to predict the ultimate outcome... The ultimate aim is to expand the network further. Syn: final …

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  • 18ultimate — ul|ti|mate1 W3 [ˈʌltımıt] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: ultimatus last , from ultimare to come to an end, be last , from Latin ultimus farthest, last , from ulter; ULTERIOR] 1.) someone s ultimate aim is their… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19ultimate — ul|ti|mate1 [ ʌltımət ] adjective only before noun ** 1. ) happening at the end of a process or activity: EVENTUAL: The incident affected the ultimate outcome of the war. ultimate goal/aim/objective: Independence remains their ultimate political… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20Ultimate — The ultimate is the last and final item in a series. The related words penultimate and antepenultimate refer to the second to last and the third to last item in a series, respectively.Ultimate may refer to: *Ultimate (sport), a team disc sport.… …

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