ultimatelyadverb
uk/ˈʌl.tɪ.mət.li/us/ˈʌl.tə.mət.li/C1 finally, after a series of things have happened:
Everything will ultimately depend on what is said at the meeting with the directors next week.
Ultimately, of course, he'd like to have his own business but that won't be for some time.
C2 used to emphasize the most important fact in a situation:
Ultimately, he'll have to decide.
More examples
- His ambition is ultimately to run his own business.
- Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government.
- Ultimately, if the product is poor, the business will fail.
- Ultimately, they decided to close the mine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Final and finally
- antepenultimate
- as a last resort idiom
- at the end of the day idiom
- back end
- back end
- concluding
- conclusion
- end
- eventual
- eventually
- final
- finally
- hear/see the last of sth idiom
- last-ditch
- lastly
- latest
- latter
- next to last
- ultimate
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