ulterior

[ uhl-teer-ee-er ]

/ ʌlˈtɪər i ər /

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adjective

being beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives.

coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further: ulterior action.

lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote: a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion.

Origin of ulterior

1640–50; < Latin: farther, akin to ultrā on the far side; cf. ultra-

SYNONYMS FOR ulterior

1 hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged.

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OTHER WORDS FROM ulterior

ul·te·ri·or·ly, adverb

Words nearby ulterior

ulster defence association, ulster democratic unionist party, ulster unionist council, ulsterman, ult., ulterior, ultima, ultima ratio regum, ultima thule, ultimacy, ultimate

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I think I have a complicated presence, where when you watch me you wonder “what are the ulterior motives?”

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He relied solely on politics, as though law was nothing more than a constellation of political calculations with ulterior motives.

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Plans for his ulterior activities were soon definitely fixed.

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By the term disinterested I mean detached from ulterior objects.

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Violet does not imagine there is any ulterior motive in all this, but Gertrude is really desirous of helping to keep the peace.

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I think, with you, that he has no ulterior views upon the title and the estates.

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And what I thus wrote was for no ulterior use, it was written consciously for practice.

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British Dictionary definitions for ulterior

ulterior

/ (ʌlˈtɪərɪə) /

adjective

lying beneath or beyond what is revealed, evident, or supposed ulterior motives

succeeding, subsequent, or later

lying beyond a certain line or point

Derived forms of ulterior

ulteriorly, adverb

Word Origin for ulterior

C17: from Latin: further, from ulter beyond

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