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ultimate

Definition for ultimate

adjective as in last, final

adjective as in best, greatest

adjective as in fundamental

Strongest matches

absolute, basic

Strong matches

empyrean, primary, radical

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Example Sentences

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The band immediately followed it with the score for Sofia Coppola’s debut feature, “The Virgin Suicides,” and those two albums locked in Air as the ultimate turn-of-the-century band for tasteful European melancholy.

He wants to be a shareholder, and he wants ultimate authority.

From BBC

The US State Department said at the time that the gangs' "ultimate goal is to control drug trafficking routes through Ecuador by terrorising and inflicting brutal violence on the Ecuadorian people".

From BBC

Or when a nurse administers a painful treatment to a terminally ill patient, knowing it is not likely to change the patient’s ultimate fate in any way.

From Salon

Szabo, while addressing the council, called the decision on the expansion “the ultimate judgment call that only you can make.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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