Meanings
- not comparableIndicating the most important action.
Ultimately, he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.
Synonyms: at the end of the day, when all is said and done, at bottom, at heart, au fond, basically, by definition, deep down
- not comparableIn the end; finally.
That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with the ultimately luckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner.
2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2020 - not comparablehuman sciencesUsed to indicate the etymon at which a given etymological derivation terminates.
Ultimately from Latin equus ("horse").
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Cognate to Gottscheerish boßər, bàsser. Ultimately cognate to standard High German Wasser.
Shortened from maxiature, ultimately from Latin maximus ("large").
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIndicating the last item.
adverbIndicating the most important action.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbas the end result of a succession or process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian накрая, в края на краищата
- накрая (nakraja)indicating the last item
- в края на краищата (v kraja na kraištata)indicating the most important action
Catalan finalment
- finalmentindicating the last item
Chinese Mandarin 最後 /最后, 最終 /最终
- 最後 /最后 (zuìhòu)indicating the last item
- 最終 /最终 (zuìzhōng)indicating the most important action
Czech nakonec
- nakonecindicating the last item
Danish til sidst, til syvende og sidst
- til sidstindicating the last item
- til syvende og sidstindicating the most important action
- når alt kommer til altindicating the most important action
- når det kommer til stykketindicating the most important action
Finnish viimeiseksi, lopuksi
- viimeiseksiindicating the last item
- lopuksiindicating the last item
- ennen kaikkeaindicating the most important action
French ultimo
- ultimoindicating the last item
German schließlich, letztendlich
- schließlichindicating the last item
- letztendlichindicating the most important action
Hungarian végül
- végülindicating the last item
Irish i ndeireadh na dála
- i ndeireadh na dálaindicating the most important action
Italian infine, per ultimo
- infineindicating the last item
- per ultimoindicating the last item
- per ultima cosaindicating the last item
- in fin dei contiindicating the last item
- alla fineindicating the most important action
- per ultimoindicating the most important action
- in definitivaindicating the most important action
Japanese 最終的に, 最終的に
- 最終的に (saishūteki ni)indicating the last item
- 最終的に (saishūteki ni)indicating the most important action
Norwegian Bokmål til sist, til slutt
- til sistindicating the last item
- til sluttindicating the last item
- til syvende og sistindicating the most important action
- når alt kommer til altindicating the most important action
- når det kommer til stykketindicating the most important action
Persian درنهایت, نهایتاً
- درنهایت (darnahâyat)indicating the last item
- نهایتاً (nahâyatan)indicating the last item
Polish ostatecznie
- ostatecznieindicating the last item
Portuguese finalmente, no fim das contas
- finalmenteindicating the last item
- no fim das contasindicating the last item
- principalmenteindicating the most important action
- no fim das contasindicating the most important action
Romanian la urma urmei, în definitiv
- la urma urmeiindicating the last item
- în definitivindicating the last item
Russian в конце́ концо́в, наконе́ц
- в конце́ концо́в (v koncé koncóv)indicating the last item
- наконе́цindicating the last item
- после́днее (poslédneje)indicating the last item
- в коне́чном счёте (v konéčnom sčóte)indicating the most important action
- в коне́чном ито́ге (v konéčnom itóge)indicating the most important action
Spanish finalmente, por último
- finalmenteindicating the last item
- por últimoindicating the last item
- últimamenteindicating the last item
- a fin de cuentasindicating the most important action
- al fin y al caboindicating the most important action
- en última instanciaindicating the most important action
- ultimadamenteindicating the most important action
- a la largaindicating the most important action
- en definitivaindicating the most important action
- últimamenteindicating the most important action
Turkish nihayet, sonunda
- nihayetindicating the last item
- sonundaindicating the most important action
Ukrainian зре́штою, зре́штою
- зре́штою (zréštoju)indicating the last item
- зре́штою (zréštoju)indicating the most important action
Cite this entry
ultimately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimately
“ultimately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimately. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ultimately,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimately.
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