Usually means: Ultimate; nothing better or higher.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word ne plus ultra:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. ne plus ultra: Merriam-Webster
  2. ne plus ultra: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ne plus ultra: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ne plus ultra: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ne plus ultra: Vocabulary.com
  6. ne plus ultra: Wordnik
  7. ne plus ultra: Wiktionary
  8. ne plus ultra: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Ne plus ultra, ne plus ultra: Dictionary.com
  10. ne plus ultra: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Ne Plus Ultra, Ne plus ultra: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. ne plus ultra: Rhymezone
  13. Ne plus Ultra: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  14. ne plus ultra: FreeDictionary.org
  15. ne plus ultra: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. ne plus ultra: Foreign Words and Phrases
  17. ne plus ultra: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ne plus ultra: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ne plus ultra: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ne plus ultra)

noun:  The highest, ultimate point of achievement which can be reached; perfection.
noun:  The perfect or most extreme example of its kind; the ultimate.
noun:  (rare) A prohibition against proceeding further; an insuperable obstacle or limiting condition.

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