Noun
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the finest or most superior quality of its kind
"the ultimate in luxury"
Adjective
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being the last or concluding element of a series
"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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furthest or highest in degree or order
utmost or extreme
"the ultimate achievement"
"the ultimate question"
"man's ultimate destiny"
"the ultimate insult"
"one's ultimate goal in life"