Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ultimate (-s), n. [see ultimate, adj.]

1. Goal; aim; purpose; main object.
2. Destiny; teleology; inherent design; natural consequence; [metaphor] future; hereafter; afterlife; [antithesis] boundary; frontier; limit; threshold; [fig.] death; point of no return; end of action in.
3. Apex; furthest point; highest altitude.