- happening at the end of a long process synonym final
- our ultimate goal/aim/objective/target
- We will accept ultimate responsibility for whatever happens.
- The ultimate decision lies with the parents.
Extra Examples- The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown.
- War is the ultimate failure of public communication.
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- most extreme; best, worst, greatest, most important, etc.
- This race will be the ultimate test of your skill.
- Silk sheets are the ultimate luxury.
- Nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent.
- from which something originally comes synonym basic, fundamental
- the ultimate truths of philosophy and science
- We could not trace the ultimate source of the rumours.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin ultimatus, past participle of ultimare ‘come to an end’.
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