Meaning

7 senses
  1. (not comparable)Final; last in a series.

    ultimativ

    после́днийposlédnij, оконча́тельныйokončátelʹnyj, кра́йнийkrájnij

    оста́ннійostánnij, остато́чнийostatóčnyj, кра́йнійkrájnij

    being the last or concluding element of a series

  2. (not comparable)Last in a word or other utterance.

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

    the ultimate pleasure

    the ultimate disappointment

    ultimativ

    наибо́льшийnaibólʹšij, наивы́сшийnaivýsšij

    найбі́льшийnajbílʹšyj, максима́льнийmaksymálʹnyj

  4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.

    äußerster

    наидальне́йшийnaidalʹnéjšij

    найвідда́ленішийnajviddálenišyj

  5. (not comparable)That will happen at some time; eventual.

    коне́чныйkonéčnyj, оконча́тельныйokončátelʹnyj

    остато́чнийostatóčnyj

  6. (not comparable)Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.

  7. (not comparable)Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

    an ultimate constituent of matter

Examples

63 sentences
  1. What is the ultimate purpose of education?

    Яка остаточна мета освіти? — aandrusiak

    deWas ist das letztendliche Ziel von Bildung? — xtofu80

  2. Our ultimate goal is to establish world peace.

    Наша кінцева мета - мир в усьому світі. — deniko

    deUnser letztendliches Ziel ist die Errichtung des Weltfriedens. — xtofu80

  3. Tom paid the ultimate price.

  4. Tom made the ultimate sacrifice.

  5. It's the ultimate test.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
final; last in a series:
greatest or maximum:
most distant:
Русский
By meaning 4
final; last in a series:
greatest or maximum:
most distant:
eventual:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
final; last in a series:
most distant:

Origin

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (

* From Medieval Latin ultimātus (“furthest, last”), perfect passive participle of ultimō (“to come to an end”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from ultimus (“last, final”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See ultra-.

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