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ultimate
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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noun
The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
The final or most distant point; the conclusion
The greatest extremity; the maximum
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
To finish; to complete.
adjective
Final; last in a series.
(of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
“the ultimate disappointment”
Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
That will happen at some time; eventual.
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.
“an ultimate constituent of matter”
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the ultimate disappointment
an ultimate constituent of matter
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