From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior
measures will be adopted is uncertain.
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{Ulterior motive}, {Ulterior object} or {Ulterior aim}, a
motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, n.
Ulterior side or part. [R.] --Coleridge.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ulterior
adj 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 [syn: {subterranean}, {subterraneous},
{ulterior}]
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; "without ulterior
argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: {later(a)},
{ulterior}, {posterior}]
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