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ulterior
adj. hidden, concealed (esp. for deceptive purposes); remote, situated outside of a particular location or realm; subsequent, occurring later


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ulterior
Adjective
1. 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
(synonym) subterranean, subterraneous
(similar) covert
2. 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
(similar) distant
3. coming at a subsequent time or stage; "the future president entered college at the age of 16"; "awaiting future actions on the bill"; "later developments"; "without ulterior argument"
(synonym) future(a), later(a)
(similar) subsequent



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ulterior
adj. later, farther; subsequent, ulterior

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ulterior
adj. further, after; subsequent, ulterior

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Ulterior
(n.)
Ulterior side or part.
  
 
(a.)
Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
  
 
(a.)
Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
  

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