Definitions for ulterior
ʌlˈtɪər i ərul·te·ri·or

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. subterranean, subterraneous, ulterioradjective

   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. ulterioradjective

   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. later(a), ulterior, posterioradjective

   coming at a subsequent time or stage

   "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ulterioradjective

   beyond what is obvious or evident

2. ulterioradjective

   being intentionally concealed so as to deceive

3. ulterioradjective

   happening later; subsequent

4. Etymology: From ulterior, comparative of ulter.

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1. ulterior

   Ulterior typically refers to intentions or motives that are hidden or undisclosed, often because they are considered selfish, unpleasant, or unacceptable. The term can also refer to something that is further, future, or more remote, particularly in time or position, like in the phrase "ulterior plans or events."

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ulterioradjective

   situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither

2. Ulterioradjective

   further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain

3. Ulteriornoun

   ulterior side or part

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ulterior

   ul-tē′ri-or, adj. on the further side: beyond: in the future: remoter, beyond what is seen or avowed.—adv. Ultē′riorly, in an ulterior or remote manner. [L. ulterior (comp. of ulter), that is beyond or on the other side.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ulterior in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ulterior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of ulterior in a Sentence

1. H.W. Mann:

   True friends, love you unconditionally, have no ulterior motives, want what is best for you, are honest with you. True friends don’t always tell you what you want to hear. True friends tell you what you need to hear. True friends are a blessing.

2. Police Sanjeev Marik:

   This heinous act is done because of the (incorrect) beliefs of people and many of these beliefs often have ulterior motives behind them.

3. Xu Hong:

   Some people, who do not know the truth, have questioned China's position of not accepting or participating in the arbitration, some others, who harbor ulterior motives, have made one-sided and misleading readings of the rules of international law, and, on that basis, made accusations or insinuations that China does not abide by law and perversely brand China a 'challenger' to international rules.

4. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   Our American partners use their own methods for their ulterior purposes.

5. Henry Thomas Buckle:

   If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine.

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