What is the meaning of ultimate?

noun

  • The finest or most superior quality of its kind.
    • usage: "the ultimate in luxury"

adjective

  • Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme.
    • usage: "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"
  • Being the last or concluding element of a series.
    • usage: "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"
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