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Definition: Ultimatum |
UltimatumNoun1. A final peremptory demand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ultimatum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
Etymology: Ultimatum \Ul`ti*ma"tum\, noun; plural English Ultimatums, from Latin expression Ultimata. [New Latin expression. See Ultimate.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it. "O servant of the Prophet," said the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk to the Mamoosh of the Invincible Army, "how many unconquerable soldiers have we in arms?" "Upholder of the Faith," that dignitary replied after examining his memoranda, "they are in numbers as the leaves of the forest!" "And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy. "Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they are as the waves of the ocean, the sands of the desert and the stars of Heaven!" For eight hours the broad brow of the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was calculating the chances of war. Then, "Sons of angels," he said, "the die is cast! I shall suggest to the Ulema of the Imperial Ear that he advise inaction. In the name of Allah, the council is adjourned.". Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Literature | Ultimatum (Latin). A final proposal, which, if not accepted, will be followed by hostile proceedings. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Certainty | Gospel, scripture, church, pope, court of final appeal; res judicata, ultimatum positiveness; dogmatism, dogmatist, dogmatizer; doctrinaire, bigot, opinionist, Sir Oracle; ipse dixit. |
Command | Demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication; ultimatum; (terms); request; requirement. |
Conditions | Clauses, provisions; proviso; (qualification); covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non; casus foederris. |
Intention | Decision, determination, resolve; fixed set purpose, settled purpose; ultimatum; resolution; wish; arriere pensee; motive. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ultimatum |
| English words defined with "ultimatum": Ultimata, Ultimation, Ultimatums. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ultimatum": Ultimation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ultimatum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (ultimatum), Czech (ultimatum), Dutch (ultimatum), French (ultimatum), German (ultimatum), Italian (ultimatum), Papiamen (ultimatum), Romanian (ultimatum), Serbo-Croatian (ultimatum), Spanish (ultimatum), Swedish (ultimatum). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ultimatum (1973) Borba za Ultimatum (1923) Ultimatum (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | South Carolina's "Ultimatum". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ultimatum on the Oregon question. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Death unless you surrender. Here is a leaflet giving Japan's ultimatum to the Filipino people. In reply, the Filipinos threw their entire resources and manpower into the struggle on the side of the United States. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Sudan | Following an ultimatum from the armed forces in February 1989, the Sadiq al-Mahdi government approved this peace plan and engaged in several rounds of talks with the SPLA. (references) |
Lithuania | On June 14, 1940 the Soviet Government issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the formation of a new Lithuanian government and permission to station additional Red Army troops. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Botswana | The ultimatum highlights the fact that the Government has made little real progress since 1996 when international attention was focused on the problem of resettling Basarwa living in the CKGR. Both the Basarwa and the Government are seeking out concerned NGO's to assist with the resettlement process and to address the larger issue of improving the Basarwa's standard of living without sacrificing what remains of their traditional way of life. (references) |
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| "Ultimatum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ultimatum" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 186 | 22,556 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ultimatum": deliver an ultimatum to ♦ deliver an ultimatum to smb. ♦ present an ultimatum. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ultimatum | 35 |
the bourne ultimatum | 4 |
game ultimatum | 4 |
record ultimatum | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ultimatum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنذار أخير, إنذار (alert, call up, intimation, notice, notification, prognosis, signalling, warning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ултиматум. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ultimato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نهاءی (Conclusive, Terminal, Ultimate), قطعی (Absolute, Categorical, Conclusive, Cretain, Decisive, Definite, Irrevocable, Last, Peremptory, Positive, Sure, Trenchant, Uncompromising, Unconditional), غاءی (Ultimate), اتمام حجت , اخرین پیشنهاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | uhkavaatimus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τελεσίγραφο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אולטימטום, "תרא" (admonition, notice, see each other, warning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ultimátum, végsõ felszólítás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tuntutan terakhir. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 最後通' . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さい"つうちょう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fogrey jerree, fockle jerrinagh (clincher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | ultimatum. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | imatumultay ultimato. (various references) ultimatum, ultimativ, principiu fundamental, concluzie finalã. (various references) ультиматум (ultimata). (various references) ultimatum, poslednji predlog. (various references) ultimátum. (various references) ultimatum. (various references) ültimatom. (various references) ультиматум, остаточна мета. (various references) thư cuối, tối hậu thư kết luận cuối cùng nguyên tắc cơ bản, nguyên lý cơ bản. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ultimatum": ultimatums. (additional references) | |
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"Ultimatum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ultamatum, ultematum, ultimat, ultimatim, ultimatium, ultimatom. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ultimatum" (pronounced u'ltumā"tum) |
| 4 | -ā" t u m | verbatim. |
| 3 | -t u m | accustom, ageratum, antemortem, arboretum, atom, autumn, Bantam, bottom, centum, custom, datum, dictum, ecosystem, item, momentum, phantom, quantum, rectum, sanctum, stratum, subsystem, symptom, system, totem, victim. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-m-t-t-u-u" | |
-3 letters: mutual, tumuli, tumult, ultima, umlaut. | |
-4 letters: atilt, imaum, miaul. | |
-5 letters: alit, alum, imam, lati, lima, litu, luau, mail, maim, malm, malt, matt, maul, maut, milt, mitt, mumu, mutt, tail, tali, taut, tilt, tutu. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-m-t-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: ultimatums. | |
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