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								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
 2.
								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
 
 'ultimate' - used as a noun
 3.
								the finest or most superior quality of its kind
 the ultimate in luxury
 
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