ultimately

English

Etymology

Fromultimate+‎-ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.lɪ/,/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət.li/

  • Audio(Southern England):

    (file)

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/,[ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪɾ.li],IPA^(key):/ˈʌl.tə.mət.li/
• (General Australian)IPA^(key):/ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪt.li/,[ˈʌl.tɪ.mɪɾ.li]
• Hyphenation:ul‧tim‧ate‧ly

Adverb

ultimately(notcomparable)

1. Indicating thelastitem.

   Synonyms:at last,finally,in the end;see alsoThesaurus:lastly

   Firstly,… Secondly,…Ultimately,…

2. Indicating the mostimportantaction.

   Synonyms:at the end of the day,when all is said and done;see alsoThesaurus:fundamentally

   Ultimately,he will have to make a decision before the end of the week.

   • 2011October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, inBBC Sport‎^[1]:

     That Wolves reached half-time on level terms had much to do with theultimatelyluckless Hennessey, who was in action in the opening minute to tip away Samir Nasri's shot following a City corner.

3. (linguistics)Used to indicate theetymonat which a given etymological derivation terminates.

   Synonym:terminal etymon

   Cognate to Gottscheerishboßər, bàsser.Ultimatelycognate to standard High GermanWasser.

   Shortened frommaxiature,ultimatelyfrom Latinmaximus( "large" ).

   Ultimatelyfrom Latinequus( "horse" ).

Translations

indicating the last item

• Bulgarian:накрая(bg)(nakraja)
• Catalan:finalment(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tối hậu／Tối hậu(zh)(zuìhòu)

• Czech:nakonec(cs)
• Danish:til sidst
• Finnish:viimeiseksi,lopuksi(fi)
• French:ultimo(fr)
• Georgian:საბოლოოდ(sabolood),საბოლოო ჯამში(saboloo ǯamši),ბოლოს და ბოლოს(bolos da bolos)
• German:schließlich(de)
• Hungarian:végül(hu)
• Italian:infine(it),per ultimo,per ultima cosa,in fin dei conti(it)
• Japanese:Tối chung đích に(ja)(さいしゅうてきに, saishūteki ni)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:til sist,til slutt

• Persian:درنهایت(darnahâyat),نهایتاً(nahâyatan)
• Polish:ostatecznie(pl)
• Portuguese:finalmente(pt)m,no fim das contas(idiomatic)
• Romanian:la urma urmei,în definitiv
• Russian:в конце́ концо́в(ru)(v koncé koncóv),(и) наконе́ц(ru)((i) nakonéc),после́днее(ru)(poslédneje)
• Spanish:finalmente(es),por último,últimamente(es)
• Turkish:nihayet(tr)
• Ukrainian:зре́штою(uk)(zréštoju)

indicating the most important action

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tối chung／Tối chung(zh)(zuìzhōng)

• Danish:til syvende og sidst,når alt kommer til alt(da),når det kommer til stykket(da)
• Finnish:ennen kaikkea(fi)
• German:letztendlich(de)
• Irish:i ndeireadh na dála
• Italian:alla fine,per ultimo,in definitiva
• Japanese:Tối chung đích に(ja)(さいしゅうてきに, saishūteki ni)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:til syvende og sist,når alt kommer til alt,når det kommer til stykket(no)

• Portuguese:principalmente(pt),no fim das contas(idiomatic)
• Russian:в коне́чном счёте(v konéčnom sčóte),в коне́чном ито́ге(v konéčnom itóge)
• Spanish:a fin de cuentas,al fin y al cabo,en última instancia,ultimadamente(es),a la larga
• Turkish:sonunda(tr)
• Ukrainian:зре́штою(uk)(zréštoju)

Further reading

• “ultimately”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.