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{
"term": "ultimate",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "happening at the end of a long process",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "our **ultimate goal/aim/objective/target**"
},
{
"text": "We will accept ultimate responsibility for whatever happens."
},
{
"text": "The ultimate decision lies with the parents."
},
{
"text": "The ultimate fate of the captured troops is unknown."
},
{
"text": "War is the ultimate failure of public communication."
}
],
"synonyms": "final"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "most extreme; best, worst, greatest, most important, etc.",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This race will be the ultimate test of your skill."
},
{
"text": "Silk sheets are the ultimate luxury."
},
{
"text": "Nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "from which something originally comes",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the ultimate truths of philosophy and science"
},
{
"text": "We could not trace the ultimate source of the rumours."
}
],
"synonyms": "basic, fundamental"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌltɪmət/",
"audio": "ul/ultimate/ultimate__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈʌltɪmət/",
"audio": "ul/ultimate/ultimate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from late Latin ultimatus, past participle of ultimare ‘come to an end’."
}