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1. (adj.) ulterior
intentionally kept concealed:
an ulterior motive.
2. ulterior
subsequent; future.
3. ulterior
lying beyond or outside of some specified boundary:
a suggestion ulterior to this discussion.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L: farther; cf. ultra -)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior
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
2. (adj) ulterior
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
3. (adj) later(a), ulterior, posterior
coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ulterior
situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither
2. (adj) ulterior
further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain
3. (noun) ulterior
ulterior side or part
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