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Word entry · 8 letters

ulterior

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"Beyond what is stated"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ʌlˈtɪə.ɹɪə/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eilorrtuStarts with UEnds with R2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. coming at a subsequent time or stage

Word origin

From Latin ulterior (“further, more distant”), from ulter (“that is beyond”) + -ior (“more”).

Used in a sentence

  • It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.
  • Other aestheticians have said that aesthetic contemplation is nothing more than sustained, concentrated attention to an object in which there is no ulterior purpose and the attention is an end in itself.
  • A rather deep red coloration, which appears by the action of the first bubbles of chlorine, but which soon disappears by the ulterior action of this gas: not turbid.

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01Beyond what is stated8 letters
02Hidden, as a motive8 letters

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