different between ultimate vs mega

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ultim?tus (“furthest, last”), past participle of Latin ultim?, ultim?re (“to come to an end”), from ultimus (“last, final”). See ultra-.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??lt?m?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??lt?m?t/

Adjective

ultimate (not comparable)

1. Final; last in a series.
2. (of a syllable) Last in a word or other utterance.
3. Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme.
4. Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
5. That will happen at some time; eventual.
6. Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final.
   • 1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection

     those ultimate truths and those universal laws of thought which we cannot rationally contradict

7. Incapable of further analysis; incapable of further division or separation; constituent; elemental.

Synonyms

• (final): See Thesaurus:final
• (most extreme): utmost, uttermost

Antonyms

• (w.r.t. causes): initial, original
• (most extreme): original, derivative

Coordinate terms

• (adjectives denoting syllables): penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

ultimate (countable and uncountable, plural ultimates)

1. The most basic or fundamental of a set of things
2. The final or most distant point; the conclusion
3. The greatest extremity; the maximum
4. (uncountable) The game of ultimate frisbee.

Translations

Verb

ultimate (third-person singular simple present ultimates, present participle ultimating, simple past and past participle ultimated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To finish; to complete.
   • 1869, The New-Jerusalem Magazine (volume 41, page 36)

     These measures have been carried forward with a zeal and unanimity that warrant the hope we entertain, of ultimating the plans in respect to our Temple, before the next meeting of the Maryland Association.

Further reading

• ultimate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ultimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• mutilate

Finnish

Etymology

From English ultimate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ultim?te/, [?ult?i?m?t?e?]
• Rhymes: -?te
• Syllabification: ul?ti?ma?te

Noun

ultimate

1. ultimate frisbee (game)

Declension

Anagrams

• amuletit, amuletti, laitumet, leimattu, leimatut

Italian

Verb

ultimate

1. inflection of ultimare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
   3. feminine plural past participle

Anagrams

• multiate, mutilate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma?.te/, [???t???mä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma.te/, [ul?t?i?m??t??]

Verb

ultim?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ultim?

English

Etymology

From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek ????? (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???/
• Rhymes: -???

Adjective

mega (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very large.
   • 2004, Nigel Coates, Collidoscope: new interior design (page 26)

     Follow those in the know to the fifth floor of Sega's Joy Polis, a mega indoor amusement park that's part of the Odaiba Decks Tokyo Bay entertainment complex near Tange's Fuji Television building.

2. (slang) great; excellent
   • 1998, John Barwick, Targeting Text (page 25)

     We had a mega time until Peter fell in the fish pond and cut his leg.

   • July 15, 2011, Liam Gallagher, quoted at the launch of the new Manchester City F.C. kit

     I've been a City fan since I was a kid, so to be involved with the launch of a new kit is colossal. Manchester City fans are known for having a lot of style and the new shirt looks mega.

Related terms

• mega-

Translations

Adverb

mega (comparative more mega, superlative most mega)

1. (informal) extremely

   mega-fun; mega rich

Noun

mega (plural megas)

1. (mathematics) The Steinhaus-Moser number ?

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

• game, mage

Catalan

Noun

mega f (plural megues)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Czech

Noun

mega n

1. (informal) million

Synonyms

• See also milión

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mégas, “great, large, mighty”)

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very

   Synonyms: herre, super

Esperanto

Etymology

From meg +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/
• Hyphenation: me?ga
• Rhymes: -e?a

Adjective

mega (accusative singular megan, plural megaj, accusative plural megajn)

1. (neologism, rare) millionth

   Synonym: miliona

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/

  Rhymes: -e?a

• IPA^(key): /?mi?ja/

  Rhymes: -i?ja

Verb

mega

1. must, may

Conjugation

References

• Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (“mega”)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me??/, [?me???]
• Rhymes: -e??
• Syllabification: me?ga

Noun

mega

1. (computing, colloquial) Short for megatavu (“megabyte”).
2. (computing, colloquial) Short for megabitti (“megabit”).

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mega, from Proto-Germanic *magan?, from Proto-Indo-European *mag?-, *meg?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mei??a/
• Rhymes: -ei??a

Verb

mega (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative má, third-person singular past indicative mátti, supine mátt)

1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to be allowed, to be permitted, to may

   Synonym: hafa leyfi til

2. (intransitive) to must, to have to

   Synonym: verða

3. to have the strength, to be able

   Synonym: megna

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mega, from Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??a]
• Hyphenation: mè?ga

Noun

mega or mèga

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonym: awan

Further reading

• “mega” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Noun

mega

1. Dated spelling of méga.

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (megha, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /me??/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /me?a/
• Rhymes: -e??, -??, -?

Noun

mega (Jawi spelling ????, plural mega-mega, informal 1st possessive megaku, impolite 2nd possessive megamu, 3rd possessive meganya)

1. cloud (visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air)

   Synonym: awan / ???? (more commonly used)

Further reading

• “mega” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *megan?, *magan?.

Verb

mega

1. must, may
2. to be able to

Conjugation

Descendants

• Icelandic: mega
• Faroese: mega
• Old Swedish: magha, mugha
  • Swedish: må
• Danish: måtte
• Norwegian: måtte, må, umage
• Westrobothnian: mått, må, omaga

References

• mega in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (mégas, “great, large, mighty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??a/
• Hyphenation: me?ga

Adverb

mega

1. (informal) very, super (intensifier)

   Synonyms: muito, super

Noun

mega m (plural megas or mega)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?a/, [?me.??a]

Etymology 1

Noun

mega f (plural megas)

1. Clipping of megabyte.

Etymology 2

Adjective

mega

1. feminine singular of mego

Sundanese

Romanization

mega

1. Romanization of ??? (cloud)