Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ultimative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ul-ti-ma-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling an ultimatum.

Example Sentences

"Beard calls the United States reply on November 26 to the Japanese proposal of November 20 an “ultimative notice.” Morgenstern calls it more simply an “ultimatum.”"
"[…] Beck sent Kánya a letter “of ultimative character,” saying “that if we do not intervene, they (i.e. the Poles) will settle the question without us, but in that case they will eat the chestnuts.”"
"The only parallel within the book of Amos to this ultimative warning with its emphasis on the last chance is found in Amos 4:12 […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English ultimatum Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ultimative From ultimatum + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more ultimative (comparative) most ultimative (superlative)

Derived Forms

ultimativity

Questions

What does ultimative mean?: Resembling an ultimatum.
Where does ultimative come from?: Etymology tree English ultimatum Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ultimative From ultimatum + -ive.

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