ultimately
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ul·ti·mate·ly
(ŭl′tə-mĭt-lē)adv.
At last; in the end; eventually.
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ultimately
(ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ)adv
in the end; at last; finally
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ultimately
lately1. 'ultimately'
You use ultimately to indicate that something is the final result of a series of events.
The discovery may ultimately lead to the development of new contraceptives.
The rebels hoped to create bad feeling and ultimately war between Spain and the United States.
You also use ultimately when you are drawing attention to a basic fact about a situation.
Ultimately, the problems are not scientific but moral.
It is ultimately the fault of the universities.
2. 'lately'
You do not use ultimately to say that something has been happening since a short time ago. You do not say, for example, 'Ultimately I have been feeling rather unwell'. You say 'I have been feeling rather unwell lately'.
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Adv. 1. [画像:ultimately - as the end result of a succession or process]ultimately - as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"
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ultimately
adverb
1. finally, eventually, in the end, after all, at last, at the end of the day, sooner or later, in the fullness of time, in due time a tough but ultimately worthwhile struggle
2. fundamentally, essentially, basically, primarily, at heart, deep down Ultimately, Bismarck's revisionism scarcely affected British interests.
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ultimately
adverbAfter a considerable length of time, usually after a delay:
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Translations
في النّهايَه، أخيرانِهَائِيّاً
konečněnakonec
i sidste ende
aikaennen kaikkealopuksipohjimmiltaanviime
na kraju
endanlega, aî lokum
最終的に
결국
slutligen
ท้ายที่สุด
cuối cùng thì
ultimately
[ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ] ADV (= eventually) → al final, finalmente ; (= in the end) → en última instancia ; (= in the long run) → a la larga ; (= fundamentally) → en el fondothey were ultimately responsible for his death → eran responsables en última instancia de su muerte
the more difficult, but ultimately more satisfying, solution → la solución más difícil, pero a la larga la más satisfactoria
we provide this sort of service because, ultimately, that's what people want → facilitamos esta clase de servicio porque, en el fondo, eso es lo que la gente quiere
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ultimately
[ˈʌltɪmətli] adv (= in the end) → au bout du compte
The struggle will ultimately succeed → Le combat finira par aboutir., Le combat aboutira au bout du compte.
Elections might ultimately produce a Communist victory
BUT Les élections pourraient se solder par une victoire des communistes.
The struggle will ultimately succeed → Le combat finira par aboutir., Le combat aboutira au bout du compte.
Elections might ultimately produce a Communist victory
BUT Les élections pourraient se solder par une victoire des communistes.
(= basically) → au bout du compte
Ultimately, it's your decision → Au bout du compte, c'est votre décision.
Ultimately, it's your decision → Au bout du compte, c'est votre décision.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ultimately
adv (= in the end) → letztlich, letzten Endes ; (= eventually) → schließlich ; (= fundamentally) → im Grunde genommen, letztlich ; it’s ultimately your decision → letztlich müssen Sie das entscheiden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
ultimately
[ˈʌltɪmɪtlɪ] adv (in the end, eventually) → in fin dei conti, in definitiva ; (in the last analysis) → in ultima analisi ; (at last) → alla fineto be ultimately responsible for sth → dover rispondere per primi di qc
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ultimate
(ˈaltimət) adjective last or final. allerlaaste نِهائي، أخير най-последен final konečný letzt endelig έσχατος, ύστατος, τελικός último, final; definitivo lõplik نهایی perimmäinen ultime סופי आखिरी konačan, posljednji végső terakhir endanlegur, loka- ultimo, definitivo 究極の 최후의, 궁극의, 결정적인 paskutinis, galutinis galīgs; pēdējais terakhir laatste sist, endelig ostateczny وروستنى، نهايى، ډېر لرې ډېر لرې، ډيروړاندې، ړومبنى، اعظمى، غايى derradeiro ultim окончательный konečný končni poslednji slutlig, slutgiltig สุดท้าย en son 最終的 останній, кінцевий انتہائي cuối cùng, sau cùng 最终的
ˈultimately adverb in the end. We hope ultimately to be able to buy a house of our own. eindelik في النّهايَه، أخيرا в края на краищата finalmente konečně letzten Endes i sidste ende τελικά al final, finalmente lõpuks سرانجام؛ نهایتاً lopulta ultimement בְּסוֹפוֹ שׁל דָבָר अन्त में konačno, napokon végül (is) akhirnya endanlega, að lokum finalmente 最後は 궁극적으로 galop galu galā akhirnya uiteindelijk til sist, omsider w końcu په پاى كې ، په نتيجه كى finalmente în cele din urmă в конце концов konečne končno na kraju till sist, slutligen ท้ายที่สุด son 最終地 зрештою, кінець кінцем آخرکار cuối cùng, sau cùng 最终地
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ultimately
→ نِهَائِيّاً nakonec i sidste ende letztlich τελικά en última instancia pohjimmiltaan au bout du compte na kraju infine 最終的に 결국 uiteindelijk til sist ostatecznie no final das contas в конце концов slutligen ท้ายที่สุด eninde sonunda cuối cùng thì 最后Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009