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]

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)]

English

Etymology

From ulterior

Adjective

1. beyond what is obvious or evident
2. being intentionally concealed so as to deceive
3. happening later; subsequent

Derived terms

• ulterior motive

Related terms

• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Spanish

Adjective

1. ulterior
2. later; subsequent

Related terms

• ulteriormente

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