Definition of "ultimate" in Englisch

adjective

1. (not comparable) Final; last in a series.

2. (not comparable, of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.

3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.

   • the ultimate pleasure
   • the ultimate disappointment

4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

5. (not comparable) That will happen at some time; eventual.

6. (not comparable) Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

7. (not comparable) Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

   • an ultimate constituent of matter

noun

1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion

3. The greatest extremity; the maximum

4. (uncountable, sports) Ellipsis of ultimate frisbee or ultimate disc.

verb

1. (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.