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ulterior - Dictionary definition and meaning for word ulterior

Definition
(adj) lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
Example Sentence
  • subterranean motives for murder
  • looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
Definition
(adj) beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
Example Sentence
  • a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion
  • without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior
Definition
(adj) coming at a subsequent time or stage
Synonyms : later , posterior
Example Sentence
  • without ulterior argument
  • the mood posterior to
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ulterior

ulterior = ultra + interior which is very much inside means hidden.
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by cp.jethani
relate it to exterior which means remote or outside, and has the same meaning as ulterior.
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by logic87
ulterior .sounds liks ul - terror seems me to be A terririst group called 'UL' zazira terririst grp.. which are intentionally hidden somewhere in kashmir
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by meetrahulkhandelwal
ulterior - wwe fans....! ULTIMATE WARRIOR who is situated beyond other wrestlers and now is hidden, questionable (where is he now?)
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by the suspect
Ulterior=Ulta.. Means something happening exactly in the opposite way we expected..
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by lavanya324
Hidden in rear
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by sarora45
ULTERIOR = ultra interior; There is magic inside of the hall which is hidden.
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by shaktipada

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