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adjective

Ultimate adj.

1.

Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. "My harbor, and my ultimate repose." "Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness."

2.

Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. "Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict."

3.

Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate particle; an ultimate constituent of matter.

Ultimate analysis (Chem.), organic analysis. See under Organic.

Ultimate belief. See under Belief.

Ultimate ratio (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass.

Synonyms: Final; conclusive. See Final.

verb

Ultimate v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. ultimated; pres. part. ultimating)

1.

To come or bring to an end or issue; to eventuate; to end. (R.)

2.

To come or bring into use or practice. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Ultimate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ultimate" Quotes from Famous Books

... allies in the War of 1812. Canadians and Indians stood side by side in face of a common peril and were inspired by a common purpose. To Canada defeat meant absorption in the United States and the loss of national life; to the red men it meant expulsion from their homes and hunting-grounds and the ultimate ...

— Tecumseh - A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. - 17 of Chronicles of Canada • Ethel T. Raymond

... profound regret that these claims have not yet been settled. The omission of Portugal to do justice to the American claimants has now assumed a character so grave and serious that I shall shortly make it the subject of a special message to Congress, with a view to such ultimate action as its wisdom and patriotism ...

— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume - V, Part 1; Presidents Taylor and Fillmore • James D. Richardson

... with legality, was sufficient to establish its constitutional character, he naturally labored this point with especial diligence. He dwelt upon the great importance of strengthening the judicial element in the House, since it was the great ultimate court of appeal. He produced a letter of the great Chancellor, Lord Eldon, which quoted instances in which various administrations had found difficulties in the way of introducing eminent lawyers into the House, because their want of adequate fortune to support ...

— The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860 • Charles Duke Yonge

... only half understand, making frequent allusions to the Jarados and other writers of prophecy; then he made some mention of his own particular brand of spiritism and its stand on materialisation. This he followed with an account of the finding of Watson in the temple, his long sleep and ultimate reviving. At greater length he repeated the gist of ...

— The Blind Spot • Austin Hall and Homer Eon Flint

... out of her skin with joy at hearing that he was engaged to that young lady, unknown; and that that young lady had successfully made terms of capitulation, involving the disbanding of the Goody, and her ultimate dispersal to Bedford Park with a companion—to vouch for this actually happening might be rash. But Sally told herself—and her mother, for that matter—that she should so jump out of her skin; and you may ...

— Somehow Good • William de Morgan

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