ultimate
• adjective 1 being or happening at the end of a process. 2 being the best or most extreme example of its kind: the ultimate accolade. 3 basic or fundamental. • noun 1 (the ultimate) the best achievable or imaginable of its kind. 2 a final or fundamental fact or principle. — DERIVATIVES ultimacy noun ultimately adverb. — ORIGIN Latin ultimatus, from ultimare ‘come to an end’.
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