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.

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.

As a low-cost sport requiring minimal equipment, offering single- and mixed-gender play, and providing a format that builds communication and conflict resolution skills, ultimate provides a welcoming, high …

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 …

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

Ultimate is a sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or …

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

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