ultimate
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(a) furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme
- the ultimate achievement
- the ultimate question
- man's ultimate destiny
- the ultimate insult
- one's ultimate goal in life
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(s) being the last or concluding element of a series
- the ultimate sonata of that opus
- a distinction between the verb and noun senses of "conflict" is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable
Nouns
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(n) the finest or most superior quality of its kind
- the ultimate in luxury