different between ulterior vs anterior

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?t?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?t??i?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)
• Hyphenation: ul?te?ri?or

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
2. Beyond what is obvious or evident.
3. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
4. (archaic) Happening later; subsequent.

Usage notes

Ulterior is primarily used today to refer to impure, covert, and external motives. In the sense “beyond, farther”, the antonym is citerior (“nearer”), but this tends to be used only in literary writing. Instead, proximate and ultimate are more commonly used for “nearest” and “farthest” (cause, etc.) respectively.

Alternative forms

• ulteriour (obsolete)

Antonyms

• (situated beyond): citerior
• (intentionally concealed to deceive): ostensible
• (happening later): prior

Derived terms

• ulterior motive

Related terms

• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Further reading

• ulterior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ulterior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ulterior at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ul.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ul.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

ulterior (masculine and feminine plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. farther
2. further
3. later

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Latin

Etymology

ulter +? -ior

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [????t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [ul??t????i?r]

Adjective

ulterior (neuter ulterius, positive ulter); third declension

1. further away

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Synonyms

• polte? (ablative)

Antonyms

• propior

Descendants

• English: ulterior
• Italian: ulteriore
• Spanish: ulterior
• Portuguese: ulterior

References

• ulterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ulterior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ülteriur

Etymology

From Latin ulterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ylte?rjur/

Adjective

ulterior

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uwte?i?o(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u?t???jo?/

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriores, comparable)

1. ulterior; posterior in space

   Synonym: posterior

2. subsequent in time

   Synonyms: subsequente, posterior, seguinte

Derived terms

• ulterioridade
• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultérieur

Adjective

ulterior m or n (feminine singular ulterioar?, masculine plural ulteriori, feminine and neuter plural ulterioare)

1. ulterior

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ulte??jo?/, [ul?.t?e??jo?]
• Hyphenation: ul?te?rior

Adjective

ulterior (plural ulteriores)

1. ulterior
2. later; subsequent

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• anteriour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior (“that is before, foremost”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /an?t??.?i.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /æn?t??.i.?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
   1. (botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
   2. (phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
2. (formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

• posterior

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular ^{(Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]}

Derived terms

Related terms

• auricularis anterior
• past anterior

Translations

References

• “anterior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “anterior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• eritoran, erration, rationer

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?n.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /an.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

anterior (masculine and feminine plural anteriors)

1. anterior (before; preceding)
2. previous

Synonyms

• previ

Antonyms

• posterior

Derived terms

• anterioritat
• anteriorment

Further reading

• “anterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anterior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “anterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anterior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Adjective

anterior m or f (plural anteriores)

1. anterior, previous

   Synonyms: precedente, previo

   Antonym: posterior

2. (anatomy) anterior (nearer the forward end)

   Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?te??io???/
• Hyphenation: an?te?ri?or

Adjective

anterior (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) anterior

Declension

Further reading

• “anterior” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énteros. Related to ante.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [än??t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an?te.ri.or/, [?n??t????i?r]

Adjective

anterior (neuter anterius, positive *anterus); third declension (Late Latin)

1. That is before, more forward, foremost; (of time) former, previous; anterior.

Inflection

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Related terms

• anterius (adverb)

Descendants

References

• anterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /??.?te.?i.?o?/, [????.t?e.??.?o?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores, comparable)

1. anterior
2. previous, preceding

Derived terms

• anterioridade
• anteriormente

Further reading

• “anterior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anterior and French antérieur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.te.ri?or/

Adjective

anterior m or n (feminine singular anterioar?, masculine plural anteriori, feminine and neuter plural anterioare)

1. previous

   Synonym: precedent

   Antonym: urm?tor

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin anterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ante??jo?/, [ãn?.t?e??jo?]

Adjective

anterior (plural anteriores)

1. anterior (in time), previous, earlier, former, past

   Synonym: previo

   Antonym: posterior

2. anterior (in space)

   Synonyms: delantero, frontal

   Antonym: posterior

Derived terms

Further reading

• “anterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.