All 4 Uses
ultimate
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- The ultimate doom: telling Renée.†
Book 1ultimate = most extreme as in final, best, worst, most important, or most fundamental
- What could he do now, when his ultimate threat—telling Mom—had turned out to be utterly empty?†
Book 1
- But Edward sped forward while the lights of Rio faded and ultimately disappeared behind us.†
Book 1ultimately = finally; or in the end
- I'd known this, too, but it felt more surreal than any other part of this ultimately surreal moment.†
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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)