{
    "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’."
}