The meaning of ULTIMATE is last in a progression or series : final. How to use ultimate in a sentence.

ULTIMATE definition: last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series. See examples of ultimate used in a sentence.

1. last; furthest or farthest: the ultimate destination. 2. decisive; conclusive: the ultimate authority. 3. highest; most desirable: one's ultimate goal. 4. basic; fundamental: ultimate principles.

You use ultimate to describe the original source or cause of something. Plants are the ultimate source of all foodstuffs. The ultimate cause of what's happened seems to have been the advertising campaign.

representing a limit beyond which further progress, as in investigation or analysis, is impossible: the ultimate particle; ultimate principles. final; total: the ultimate consequences; the ultimate cost of a project. not to be improved upon or surpassed; greatest; unsurpassed: the ultimate vacation spot; the ultimate stupidity. n. the final point;

The greatest extreme; the maximum. Actions that represented the ultimate in political expediency.

From grassroots, local tournaments to elite-level world championships, we cover the spectrum of ultimate. Our Youth, College, Club, Masters, Beach and Team USA programs offer something for everyone.

Their ultimate [= final] destination was Paris. What was the ultimate [= final, eventual] outcome/result? Their ultimate fate has not yet been decided.

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First 7 Brew drive-thru coffee shop in greater Danbury approved for New Milford’s Route 7 corridor