Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ulterior"
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) 1.7 (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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