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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
- In the phone call in which my mother told me how the decision had ultimately been made, I stayed quiet.Chapter Eleven (6% in)
- So we took Route 30, then snaked along various secondary roads toward our ultimate goal of U-Penn.Chapter Four (17% in)
- Ultimately, Don Quixote had a hard time loving chaste and pure from afar.Chapter Five (99% in)
There are no more uses of "ultimate" in Lucky by Sebold.
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