Definitions for ulteriorʌlˈtɪər i ər
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ul•te•ri•orʌlˈtɪər i ər(adj.)
intentionally kept concealed:
an ulterior motive.
subsequent; future.
lying beyond or outside of some specified boundary:
a suggestion ulterior to this discussion.
Origin of ulterior:
1640–50; < L: farther; cf. ultra -
ul•te′ri•or•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior(adj)
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
"subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell
ulterior(adj)
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
"a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw
later(a), ulterior, posterior(adj)
coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
Wiktionary
ulterior(Adjective)
beyond what is obvious or evident
ulterior(Adjective)
being intentionally concealed so as to deceive
ulterior(Adjective)
happening later; subsequent
Origin: From ulterior, comparative of ulter.
Webster Dictionary
Ulterior(adj)
situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither
Ulterior(adj)
further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain
Ulterior(noun)
ulterior side or part
Translations for ulterior
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
subsequent(adjective)
following or coming after
His misbehaviour and subsequent dismissal from the firm were reported in the newspaper.
- daaropvolgendAfrikaans
- لاحِق، تالٍArabic
- следващBulgarian
- subsequentePortuguese (BR)
- následnýCzech
- nachfolgendGerman
- efterfølgendeDanish
- επόμενος, μεταγενέστεροςGreek
- subsiguiente, posteriorSpanish
- järgnev, hilisemEstonian
- بعديFarsi
- myöhempiFinnish
- subséquentFrench
- שֶלְאָחַר מִכֵּןHebrew
- बाद मेंHindi
- kasniji, slijedećiCroatian
- (rá) következőHungarian
- yang menyusulIndonesian
- eftirfarandi, síðariIcelandic
- successivo, susseguenteItalian
- その後のJapanese
- 이어지는Korean
- po to einantis, vėlesnisLithuanian
- sekojošs; nākošaisLatvian
- yang menyusulMalay
- erop volgendDutch
- etterfølgende, seinereNorwegian
- późniejszyPolish
- بعديPersian
- وروستیPashto
- subsequentePortuguese
- ulteriorRomanian
- последующийRussian
- následnýSlovak
- poznejšiSlovenian
- naredniSerbian
- [på]följandeSwedish
- ซึ่งตามมาThai
- izleyen, sonrakiTurkish
- 隨後的Chinese (Trad.)
- наступнийUkrainian
- بعد کاUrdu
- đến sau, xảy ra sauVietnamese
- 随后的Chinese (Simp.)
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