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Meaning of ulterior

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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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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