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Definition

most extreme as in final, best, worst, most important, or most fundamental

The exact meaning of ultimate depends upon its context. For example:

"the ultimate decision-maker" — the final
"the ultimate car" — the best
"the ultimate insult" — the worst
"the ultimate source" — original or most fundamental
"the ultimate sacrifice" — most extreme

The president has ultimate responsibility for directing a war.

ultimate = final

It is the ultimate gaming machine.

ultimate = best

Planning to get drunk and then drive is the ultimate in stupidity.

ultimate = worst (most extreme)

Random mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation.

ultimate = most fundamental

Ultimately, I'd like to get a good job.

ultimately = in the end

When everything was included, the ultimate cost was just over $200.

ultimate = final

Every death and every sacrifice are well worth the ultimate outcome.
James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials
I felt a sense of ultimate satisfaction, of perfect harmony between artistic and technical knowledge.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
In an ultimate sense I cannot know what I do in this place—yet I do ultimate things.
Peter Shaffer -- Equus
In an ultimate sense I cannot know what I do in this place—yet I do ultimate things.
Peter Shaffer -- Equus
TAHADDI AL-BURHAN: an ultimate test from which there can be no appeal (usually because it brings death or destruction).
Frank Herbert -- Dune
And even if the tyrant's protestations were insincere, which they ultimately had to be, no matter her intentions at this moment, still she was right.
Ann Leckie -- Ancillary Justice
But ultimately I do not believe that she was only matter.
John Green -- Looking for Alaska
I look back on my Little Rock integration experience as ultimately a positive force that shaped the course of my life.
Melba Pattillo Beals -- Warriors Don't Cry
Ultimately, returning to this country, he was thrown into jail for debt, and there perished miserably, as such high spirits generally do.
Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
So ultimately Ghosh gave the textbook and bookmark to Shiva, and the letter to me, but hidden from me.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Ultimately it's unimportant.
Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
He had undergone inner changes too, and he credited those to Nina—though he continued to refuse the ultimate gift that she could give him.
Dean Koontz -- Sole Survivor
He looked toward Miss Hastings and back to me, saying, "I could use part of the charitable trust to spread the ultimate gift all around the world."
Jim Stovall -- The Ultimate Gift
Knowing this was the answer, the ultimate hunt.
Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die

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