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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ʌlˈtɪə.ɹɪə/ ''(UK)''; /ʌlˈtɪɚ.i.ɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|la|ulterior|t=farther, more distant]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) the comparative of an unrecorded ''*ulter'' “beyond”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from ''uls'' “beyond”.^(MW Collegiate) It is related to [[ultra-]] and [[ultimate]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lying beyond what is immediate; further, future (1646).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The literal sense of being on the farther side of a boundary is recorded from 1721.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The sense of lying beyond what is openly stated, kept concealed, as in ''ulterior motives'', appeared in 1735^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and is now the main use.^(Wiktionary)^(AHD)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1646 – further, subsequent.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)
+ * 1650s – last of a series.^(Etymonline)
+ * 1721 – on the farther side.^(OED 1989)
+ * 1735 – beyond what is avowed; concealed.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)
+ * 1843 – noun, a further aim.^(OED 1989)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Beyond what is openly stated or shown, especially when deliberately concealed, as in ''ulterior motives''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Lying beyond a boundary or the matter at hand; more remote.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Coming later; [[subsequent]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ulteriorly]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ultimate]]
+ * [[ultra-]]
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+ ==Usage notes==
+ Wiktionary notes that the word is now used mainly of hidden motives, and that its literary opposite in the sense “farther” is ''citerior'' “nearer”.^(Wiktionary) Random House gives ''hidden'', ''covert'', ''undisclosed'' and ''undivulged'' as synonyms.^(RHWU)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}