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ultima
n 1: the last syllable in a word

English Dictionary: ultimately	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultima Thule n the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be the northernmost land in the inhabited world Synonym(s): Thule, ultima Thule
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimacy n 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" Synonym(s): ultimacy, ultimateness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimate adj 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" Antonym(s): proximate 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" n the finest or most superior quality of its kind; "the ultimate in luxury"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimate frisbee n a game between two teams whose players try to toss a Frisbee to one another until they cross the opponents goal; possession changes hands when the Frisbee is intercepted or touches the ground or goes out of bounds
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimately adv as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over" Synonym(s): ultimately, finally, in the end, at last, at long last
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimateness n 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" Synonym(s): ultimacy, ultimateness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimatum n a final peremptory demand
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ultimo adj in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult" Synonym(s): ultimo, ult
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultima \Ul"ti*ma\, n. [L., fem. of ultimus last.] (Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable of a word.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ultima \[d8]Ul"ti*ma\, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.] Most remote; furthest; final; last. {Ultima ratio} [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort. {Ultima Thule}. [L.] See {Thule}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ultima \[d8]Ul"ti*ma\, a. [L., fem. ultimus last.] Most remote; furthest; final; last. {Ultima ratio} [L.], the last reason or argument; the last resort. {Ultima Thule}. [L.] See {Thule}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimatum \Ul`ti*ma"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Ultimatums}, L. {Ultimata}. [NL. See {Ultimate}.] A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and cf. {Ultimatum}.] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter. {Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under {Organic}. {Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}. {Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.] 1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.] 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Analysis \Anal"ysis\, n.; pl. {Analyses}. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; [?] up + [?] to loose. See {Loose}.] 1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to {synthesis}. 2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called {qualitative}, and the latter {quantitative analysis}. 3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. 4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. 5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. 6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, {Quantitative}, and {Volumetric analysis}. (Chem.) See under {Ultimate}, {Proximate}, {Qualitative}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and cf. {Ultimatum}.] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter. {Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under {Organic}. {Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}. {Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and cf. {Ultimatum}.] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter. {Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under {Organic}. {Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}. {Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Belief \Be*lief"\, n. [OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. gele[a0]fa. See {Believe}.] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. --Reid. 2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. --Hooker. 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. --Bacon. 4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation. --Hooker. {Ultimate belief}, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. --Sir W. Hamilton. Syn: Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, a. [LL. ultimatus last, extreme, fr. L. ultimare to come to an end, fr. ultimus the farthest, last, superl. from the same source as ulterior. See {Ulterior}, and cf. {Ultimatum}.] 1. Farthest; most remote in space or time; extreme; last; final. My harbor, and my ultimate repose. --Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. --Addison. 2. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. Those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we can not rationally contradict. --Coleridge. 3. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental; as, an ultimate constituent of matter. {Ultimate analysis} (Chem.), organic analysis. See under {Organic}. {Ultimate belief}. See under {Belief}. {Ultimate ratio} (Math.), the limiting value of a ratio, or that toward which a series tends, and which it does not pass. Syn: Final; conclusive. See {Final}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.] 1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.] 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimately \Ul"timately\, adv. As a final consequence; at last; in the end; as, afflictions often tend to correct immoral habits, and ultimately prove blessings.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimate \Ul"ti*mate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Ultimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ultimating}.] 1. To come or bring to an end; to eventuate; to end. [R.] 2. To come or bring into use or practice. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimation \Ul`ti*ma"tion\, n. State of being ultimate; that which is ultimate, or final; ultimatum. [R.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimatum \Ul`ti*ma"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Ultimatums}, L. {Ultimata}. [NL. See {Ultimate}.] A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimatum \Ul`ti*ma"tum\, n.; pl. E. {Ultimatums}, L. {Ultimata}. [NL. See {Ultimate}.] A final proposition, concession, or condition; especially, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultime \Ul"time\, a. Ultimate; final. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultimity \Ultim"ity\, n. [LL. ultimatus extremity, fr. L. ultimus the last.] The last stage or consequence; finality. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ultion \Ul"tion\, n. [L. ultio.] The act of taking vengeance; revenge. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.