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ultimate

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?

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universal

English

Etymology

From Middle English universal, from Old French universal (modern French universel), from Latin ?nivers?lis.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ju?n??v??sl?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?jun??v?sl?/
  • Rhymes: -??(?)s?l
  • Hyphenation: uni?ver?sal

Adjective

universal (comparative more universal, superlative most universal)

  1. Of or pertaining to the universe.
  2. Common to all members of a group or class.
  3. Common to all society; worldwide
  4. unlimited; vast; infinite
  5. Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.

Synonyms

  • (common to all members of a group or class): general; see also Thesaurus:generic
  • (unlimited): see also Thesaurus:infinite
  • (useful for many purposes): general-purpose, multi-purpose

Antonyms

  • nonuniversal

Derived terms

  • universalise, universalize
  • universal quantifier
  • universally

Related terms

  • universe
  • university
  • universality

Translations

See also

  • universal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • general
  • global

Further reading

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

Noun

universal (plural universals)

  1. (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.

See also

  • particular

Further reading

  • S:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Universals
  • The Medieval Problem of Universals - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis, first attested circa 1400.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /u.ni.v???sal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /u.ni.b?r?sal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /u.ni.ve??sal/

Adjective

universal (masculine and feminine plural universals)

  1. universal

Derived terms

  • universalment

Related terms

  • univers
  • universalitat

Further reading

  • “universal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “universal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “universal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

References


Galician

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

universal m or f (plural universais)

  1. of or pertaining to the universe
  2. world-wide, universal, common to all cultures

Synonyms

  • (world-wide): mundial

Related terms

  • universalidade
  • universo

Further reading

  • “universal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /univ???za?l/
  • Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

universal (comparative universaler, superlative am universalsten)

  1. universal

Declension

Further reading

  • “universal” in Duden online

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • universall, unyversal, universalle, universell, uniyversale, universele, universel

Etymology

From Old French universel, from Latin ?nivers?lis; equivalent to universe +? -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iu?ni?v?rsal/, /iu?niv?r?sa?l/, /iu?ni?v?rs?l/

Adjective

universal

  1. all-encompassing, subject to everything and everyone; having universal significance.
  2. (Late Middle English) absolute, subject to everything in a given area or subject (e.g. a settlement; a person)
  3. (Late Middle English) frequently practiced, usual, customary.
  4. (Late Middle English, rare) Given total leeway and control; with universal power.
  5. (Late Middle English, rare) unbiased, unprejudiced, nonpolitical
  6. (Late Middle English, rare) general, non-specific, generic
  7. (Late Middle English, philosophy, rare) unformed, uncreated, unmade.
  8. (Late Middle English, philosophy, rare) theoretical, abstract, general.

Derived terms

  • universalite
  • universally

Descendants

  • English: universal

References

  • “?nivers??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.

Noun

universal

  1. (Late Middle English, philosophy, rare) A category, class, or classification.

Descendants

  • English: universal

References

  • “?nivers??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.

Determiner

universal

  1. (Late Middle English) The whole, all of, every portion of, all parts of.
  2. (Late Middle English, rare) Every kind of; all sorts of

References

  • “?nivers??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-31.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Adjective

universal m (feminine singular universala, masculine plural universals, feminine plural universalas)

  1. universal

Derived terms

  • universalament

Related terms

  • univèrs
  • universalitat

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Adjective

universal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular universale)

  1. universal

Descendants

  • French: universel
  • ? Middle English: universal, universall, unyversal, universalle, universell, uniyversale, universele, universel
    • English: universal

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

  • üniversal

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yniv?r?sal/

Adjective

universal

  1. universal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.ni.v??.?sa?/
  • Hyphenation: u?ni?ver?sal

Adjective

universal m or f (plural universais, comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the universe; universal.
  2. Common to all society; universal; world-wide.
  3. Common to all members of a group or class; universal.

Inflection

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:universal.


Derived terms

  • universalmente

Related terms

  • universalidade
  • universo

Further reading

  • “universal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French universel, from Latin universalis.

Adjective

universal m or n (feminine singular universal?, masculine plural universali, feminine and neuter plural universale)

  1. universal

Declension

Related terms

  • univers
  • universalitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?nivers?lis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unibe??sal/, [u.ni.??e??sal]
  • Hyphenation: u?ni?ver?sal

Adjective

universal (plural universales)

  1. universal

Derived terms

  • universalmente

Related terms

  • universalidad
  • universo

Anagrams

  • vulneráis

Further reading

  • “universal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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