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ulterior |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that OL olle, ollus Cf {Outrage}.] 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side thither; -- correlative with hither. 2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. {Ulterior object} or {aim}, an object or aim beyond that which is avowed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, n. Ulterior side or part [R.] --Coleridge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ulterior adj 1: lying beneath what is revealed or avowed, especially being deliberately concealed; "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: {subterranean}] 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 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" [syn: {future(a)}, {later(a)}]
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