All 11 Uses
ultimate
in
1984, by Orwell
(Edited)
- That was the ultimate subtlety: consciously to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious of the act of hypnosis you had just performed.
p. 35.5ultimate = most extreme
- The immediate advantages of falsifying the past were obvious, but the ultimate motive was mysterious.
p. 79.9ultimate = most important or fundamental
- But if the object was not to stay alive but to stay human, what difference did it ultimately make?
p. 167.3ultimately = in the end
- Suddenly, as one sometimes does with a book of which one knows that one will ultimately read and re-read every word, he opened it at a different place and found himself at Chapter III.
p. 185.2
- Ultimately it is scrapped as obsolete, never having brought any material benefit to anybody, and with further enormous labors another Floating Fortress is built.
p. 191.3
- Ultimately the determining factor is the mental attitude of the ruling class itself.
p. 207.3ultimately = most basically (fundamentally)
- Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible.
p. 212.4 *
- Ultimately it is by means of doublethink that the Party has been able — and may, for all we know, continue to be able for thousands of years — to arrest the course of history.
p. 214.9
- He had still, he reflected, not learned the ultimate secret.
p. 217.6ultimate = most important or fundamental
- The secret accumulation of knowledge — a gradual spread of enlightenment — ultimately a proletarian rebellion — the overthrow of the Party.
p. 261.8ultimately = in the end
- He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose.
p. 262.9ultimate = most important
Definitions:
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(1)
(ultimate) most extreme as in final, best, worst, most important, or most fundamentalThe 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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)