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ultimate

adjective
  1. Of or relating to a terminative condition, stage, or point: final, last 1, latter, terminal. See start
  2. Of or being an irreducible element: basic, elemental, elementary, essential, fundamental, primitive, underlying. See surface
  3. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree that has been or can be attained: maximal, maximum, top, topmost, utmost, uttermost. See high, limited
  4. Of the greatest possible degree, quality, or intensity: extreme, supreme, transcendent, unsurpassable, utmost, uttermost. See better, big
  5. Most distant or remote, as from a center: extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, utmost, uttermost. See big, edge
noun
The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable: maximum, outside, top, utmost, uttermost. Idiom: ne plus ultra. See high, limited

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