Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. At last; in the end; eventually.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- As an ultimate or final result; at last; in the end or outcome; at the furthest point of a series; finally.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. As a final consequence; at last; in the end.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. as the end result of a succession or process
Etymologies
- ultimate + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The word ultimately translates into shrinking earnings power, which is a big factor in stock-market declines that have driven share prices to their lowest level in more than a decade.”
The Wall Street Journal: Decremental? Fitting Word for Ugly Times
“But questions of more general nature have lately arisen, and these have tended to have a skeptical cast: whether any use of "aesthetic" may be explicated without appeal to some other; whether agreement respecting any use is sufficient to ground meaningful theoretical agreement or disagreement; whether the term ultimately answers to any legitimate philosophical purpose that justifies its inclusion in the lexicon.”
“Which, no matter how you slice that, ultimately is code for he doesn't look like what an "American" should look like.”
“Politics" ultimately comes from the Greek word "polis" meaning state or city.”
“The title ultimately referred to Hurley literally writing the script to Empire Strikes Back in a Dharma composition book, as well as the overarching theme of Miles (Luke Skywalker) coming to grips with his estranged father Pierre”
“We're not going to make a Victoria Beckham gag. comes undone is in the amount of content it has to offer; while we do not subscribe to the notion that length is more important than quantity, the title ultimately feels truncated and slight.”
“LAWRENCE: The Tour de France no longer considers Floyd Landis its champion, but the decision to strip him of its title ultimately will rest with the International Cycling Union -- Soledad.”
“For, according to the doctrine of interest, which is a term ultimately related to these other terms and equally emphasized with them, only that spiritual food can be expected to be truly assimilated by any person which appeals to his peculiar nature; all else fails of real nourishment, no matter how much drill may be given to it.”
“KU point guard Sherron Collins said that this title ultimately would rank as his favorite.”
“Atlantis Resources chief executive Tim Cornelius touted the durability of AK1000 to the BBC: "In order to get a robust turbine we have had to make what we call ultimately the dumbest, simple but more robust, turbine you could possible put in such a harsh environment.”
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EN - academic vocabulary
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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Units Of Language
Word:
-a unit of language consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.sulk, promenade, skulk, idle, subsequently, moody, paroxysm, felony, anent, generic, hallucinogen, synaesthesia and 215 more...
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Desde 2011
Palavras que pesquiso desde 2011.
head to toe, earmuffs, sharp, scarf, muffled, shiver, geezer, junk, even, neatly, spin, ultimately and 5 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 154
bird's eye view, subtitle, dry humor, outraged, credence, heated, defile, purist, affected, pompous, incisive, straightforward and 32 more...
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MEC2 Lesson 130
blueprints, chagrined, chastened, defrost, farfetched, fumble, gadgets, Illinois, jargon, jolt, scenario, status and 4 more...
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