final vs ultimate

final

adj
  • Word-final; occurring at the end of a word. 

  • Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. 

  • Conclusive; decisive. 

  • Last; ultimate. 

  • Expressing purpose; as in the term final clause. 

noun
  • The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined. 

  • A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class. 

  • A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification. 

  • The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode. 

  • The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology. 

ultimate

adj
  • Last in a word or other utterance. 

  • Being the most distant or extreme; farthest. 

  • That will happen at some time; eventual. 

  • Final; last in a series. 

  • Being the greatest possible; maximum; most extreme. 

  • Last in a train of progression or consequences; tended toward by all that precedes; arrived at, as the last result; final. 

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

noun
  • The greatest extremity; the maximum 

  • The most basic or fundamental of a set of things 

  • The final or most distant point; the conclusion 

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