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Meaning of word ultimate from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
ultimate noun
Meaning : The finest or most superior quality of its kind.
Example :
The ultimate in luxury.
ultimate adjective
Meaning : Furthest or highest in degree or order. Utmost or extreme.
Example :
The ultimate achievement.
The ultimate question.
Man's ultimate destiny.
The ultimate insult.
One's ultimate goal in life.
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.
proximate
Meaning : Being the last or concluding element of a series.
Example :
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.
