ultimate

/ˈʌltɪmɪt//ˈʌltəmɪt/

noun

  1. 1

    The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

  2. 2

    The final or most distant point; the conclusion

  3. 3

    The greatest extremity; the maximum

  4. 4

    A non-contact competitive team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc, the object of which is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone; ultimate frisbee.

verb

  1. 1

    To finish; to complete.

adjective

  1. 1

    Final; last in a series.

  2. 2

    (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.

  3. 3

    Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

    the ultimate disappointment
  4. 4

    Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

  5. 5

    That will happen at some time; eventual.

  6. 6

    Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

  7. 7

    Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

    an ultimate constituent of matter

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