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ultimate

noun verb adjective

The most basic or fundamental of a set of things

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Word length
8
Starts with
U
Ends with
E
Contains
LTIMAT
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

/ˈʌltɪmɪt/ /ˈʌltəmɪt/

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Definitions

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. 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. To finish; to complete.

adjective

  1. Final; last in a series.

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

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

    “the ultimate disappointment”

  4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

  5. That will happen at some time; eventual.

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

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

    “an ultimate constituent of matter”

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Example Sentences

the ultimate disappointment
an ultimate constituent of matter

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