[onlybeforenoun] (of a reason for doing sth) that sb keeps hidden and does not admit:
She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me-what does she really want?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, ulterior is tagged as adjective.
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