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[ adjective ] furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
Examples "the ultimate achievement" "the ultimate question" "man's ultimate destiny" "the ultimate insult" "one's ultimate goal in life" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)Like the Yankees ' slugger , Mays , the terror of the Giants , has had seasons that would be considered the ultimate by most players , but not by - or for - Willie . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)Even if gymnastics are not the ultimate goal , the good tumbler will be a better dancer , a better athlete , and a human_being with a greater margin of safety in any activity . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)A number of religions also satisfy for many the need of being linked with the ultimate and eternal . Furthermore , religion tends to integrate the whole range of values from the highest or ultimate values of God to the intermediary and subordinate values ; for_example , those regarding material objects and pragmatic ends . Closely related to this function is the fact that the religious system provides a body of ultimate ends for the society , which are compatible with the supreme eternal ends . Related terms proximate final highest supreme eventual crowning last-ditch farthest last-ditch ultimateness |
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[ adjective ] being the last or concluding element of a series
Examples "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" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)To the extent , then , that declining U._S. prestige means that other nations will be tempted to place their bets on an ultimate American defeat , and will thus be more vulnerable to Soviet intimidation , there is reason for concern . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)These plans , like du_Pont 's contained provisions for passing the vote on du_Pont 's General_Motors shares on to the ultimate stockholders of du_Pont , Christiana , and Delaware , except that officers and directors of the three companies , their spouses , and other people living in their households , as_well_as other specified persons , were to be totally disenfranchised . Related terms |
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