WordReference.com English Dictionary
See Also:
ulcerate
ulema
ullage
ulna
ulster
Ulsterman
ult.
ulterior
ultima Thule
ultimata
ultimate
ultimatum
ultimo
ultra
ultra vires
ultra-
ultra-high frequency
ultracentrifuge
ultradian
ultrafiltration
ultraism
ulema
ullage
ulna
ulster
Ulsterman
ult.
ulterior
ultima Thule
ultimata
ultimate
ultimatum
ultimo
ultra
ultra vires
ultra-
ultra-high frequency
ultracentrifuge
ultradian
ultrafiltration
ultraism
Links:
- Abbreviations
- Pron. Symbols
- Forums
- Support WR
- Link to WR
- API
- Suggestions
- Click on word:
Recent searches:
Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!
ultimate: |
in Spanish | in French | in Italian English synonyms| in context | images |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ultimate/ˈʌltɪmət/
▶adjective
- 1 being or happening at the end of a process.
- 2 being the best or most extreme example of its kind: the ultimate accolade.
- 3 basic or fundamental.
- 4 Physics denoting the maximum possible strength or resistance beyond which an object breaks.
- 1 (the ultimate) the best achievable or imaginable of its kind: the ultimate in luxury.
- 2 a final or fundamental fact or principle.
– derivatives
ultimacy noun (pl. ultimacies),
ultimately adverb.
ultimacy noun (pl. ultimacies),
ultimately adverb.
– origin C17: from late L. ultimatus, past part. of ultimare ‘come to an end’.
'ultimate' also found in these Oxford entries:
bisque
- block
- boa
- Brahman
- brick
- broker
- butcher
- carcass
- Christian Science
- debauch
- embezzle
- embrasure
- fantasy
- First Cause
- flag
- flag
- frippery
- gene
- hag
- House of Lords
- incarnate
- lane
- lark
- mama
- marjoram
- marmoset
- masturbate
- mow
- muff
- oleander
- paddock
- paradise
- penultimate
- pickle
- piece
- pink
- pintle
- pippin
- pistole
- pitch
- plaid
- plug
- pluralism
- pot
- province
- race
- rake
- ratel
- rep
- rest
Forum discussions with the word(s) "ultimate" in the title:
[history will present the] ultimate kudos
"my ultimate destination"
if you removed the ultimate object
Money is the measure and bonuses the ultimate yardstick.
photosynthesis is the ultimate source of food for almost all orgnisms on earth
pronunciation of 'ultimate'
the ultimate being, a subject?
the ultimate focus group
the ultimate ways to get away from it all
ultimate
ultimate [as a noun]
ultimate actor
ultimate pension
Ultimate Reckoning
ultimate taunt
"my ultimate destination"
if you removed the ultimate object
Money is the measure and bonuses the ultimate yardstick.
photosynthesis is the ultimate source of food for almost all orgnisms on earth
pronunciation of 'ultimate'
the ultimate being, a subject?
the ultimate focus group
the ultimate ways to get away from it all
ultimate
ultimate [as a noun]
ultimate actor
ultimate pension
Ultimate Reckoning
ultimate taunt
Look up "ultimate" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "ultimate" at dictionary.com
In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic
Copyright © 2012 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.