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ULTERIOR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming at a subsequent time or stage
Example:
the mood posterior to
Synonyms:
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Similar:
subsequent (following in time or order)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
Example:
without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior
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Similar:
distant; remote (far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
Example:
looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
Synonyms:
subterranean; subterraneous; ulterior
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Adjectives
Similar:
covert (secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed)
