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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

ultimate as a verb

ultimate as a verb means to make something radical, right? thanks a lot.
  

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I don't have it. Do you have any kind of reference? Edit.

— Avangi

  • I don't have it.
  • Do you have any kind of reference?
  • Edit.
  • In desperation I went to Urban Dictionary, and the way they list the many nouns which are modified by the adjective "ultimate" to make common expressions, or maybe compound nouns, could entice one to think it might be a verb.
  • The adjective "ultimate" surely can make a noun radical!
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I don't have it. Do you have any kind of reference?

Edit. In desperation I went to Urban Dictionary, and the way they list the many nouns which are modified by the adjective "ultimate" to make common expressions, or maybe compound nouns, could entice one to think it might be a verb. The adjective "ultimate" surely can make a noun radical! (Ultimate Sloppy Whopper Combo) (Ultimate *
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In M-W, ultimate means end as in verb. This explanation is kind of blur to me.
AvangiI don't have it. Do you have any kind of reference?

Edit. In desperation I went to Urban Dictionary, and the way they list the many nouns which are modified by the adjective "ultimate" to make common expressions, or maybe compound nouns, could entice one to think it might be a
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Oh dear. If you mean what you attributed to M-W is a blur, I agree. It's a blur to me too. I have no idea what it means. Can I assume from this that you didn't visit Urban Dictionary in your search?

If you mean that what I wrote is kind of a blur, I apologize. I was trying to explain that "ultimate" is not a verb (so far as I know) but is an adjective. It looks something like "inti
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No, I understood you thought ultimate was not a verb. I meant the one in M-W was blur.

Is there a verb expressing the concept as in ultimate? Thanks a lot.

BTW, mine is an electronic M-W.
AvangiOh dear. If you mean what you attributed to M-W is a blur, I agree. It's a blur to me too. I have no idea what it means. Can I assume from this that you did
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A few examples from Google. My guess is that it means "bring about". This is the first I've ever heard of "ultimate" as a verb.

...but uses modern punctuation (the colon) to ultimate the caesura of Old English alliterative verse. ...

strategy to be applied in order to ultimate a particular goal.

... exceptional a nature is this:
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That's a first for me too:
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ul·ti·mate
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb : to come to an end or issue : EVENTUATE, END
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Well, I have been trying to find a verb in the following sense:

We want to find whether Medicine A is harmful, we apply 10 times of the normal amount of this medicine to mice to enlarge the effect so that we can notice it easily.

So I was thinking to say: Let's ultimate this experiment by applying 10 times of the normal amou
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OseeSince several persons have said here ultimate as a verb just means "bring about," I do not think ultimate is the very right word
No, it is certainly not the right word. Not only is the meaning not right for that context, but no one will know what you're talking about anyway because the word is so rarely used in modern English.
Suggestions:
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