All 8 Uses
ultimate
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Our orders are to make the ultimate test of our new silent propulsion system.†
Chpt 2.ultimate = most extreme as in final, best, worst, most important, or most fundamental
- A dozen alarms sounded at once on the master control board, and in the blink of an eye Vladimir Petchukocov faced his ultimate nightmare.†
Chpt 8.
- The tunnel was also a convenient means of going unseen from the city to a small airport from which Politburo members could be flown to their ultimate redoubt, beneath the granite monolith at Zhiguli.†
Chpt 9.
- This "fantastic error" could ultimately be laid at the chairman's feet by members who wanted another in that chair—unless he were able somehow to separate himself from it.†
Chpt 9.ultimately = finally; or in the end
- He might ultimately turn out to be a genuine defector.†
Chpt 11.
- Ultimately he found him in a game room playing Pac Man.†
Chpt 11.
- It can only force its way down the threads around and around, ultimately escaping inside the spout.†
Chpt 11.
- Mancuso had ultimately produced Jones with his personal map to show the October's estimated course off Iceland.†
Chpt 17. *
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)