Definition of ultimates Ultimates

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Noun Plural: ultimates
ultimate - the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"
Adjective
ultimate - 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"
		proximate very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
		ultimacy, ultimateness the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance, "the ultimacy of these social values"
		crowning representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his career"
		eventual expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate) rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
		net, final, last remaining after all deductions; "net profit"
		last-ditch of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster); "a last-ditch attempt"
ultimate - 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"
		last occurring at the time of death; "his last words"; "the last rites"

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ultimate (a.)
Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final.
ultimate (a.)
Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
ultimate (a.)
Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter.
ultimate (v. t. & i.)
To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end.
ultimate (v. t. & i.)
To come or bring into use or practice.

ultimate
ul′ti-māt, adj. furthest: last: incapable of further division.—adv. Ul′timately.—n. Ultimā′tum, the final proposition or terms for a treaty:—pl. Ultimā′ta.—adj. Ul′timo, in the last (month).—n. Ul′timo-gen′iture, the same as Borough-English (q.v.)—opp. to Primogeniture.—Ultimus hæres (law), the crown or the state, which succeeds to the property of those who die intestate, without leaving next of kin, or who, being bastards, have no next of kin. [L. ultimus, the last, superl. of ulter.]

sport
Ultimate (often called Ultimate Frisbee in reference to the trademarked brand name) is a non-contact team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc.