different between ulterior vs latent

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

Etymology

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.t?nt/

Adjective

latent (not comparable)

1. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
2. (pathology, of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
   • 2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered, National Public Radio

     Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.

3. (biology) lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

Synonyms

• (concealed): hidden, invisible
• (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (concealed): apparent, patent, visible

Derived terms

• latency

Related terms

Translations

Noun

latent (plural latents)

1. (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
2. (statistics) An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
3. Anything that is latent.

Anagrams

• Talent, antlet, latten, talent

Danish

Etymology

From German latent, from French latent, from Latin latens, present participle of latere (“to be hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat?nt/, [la?t??n?d?]

Adjective

latent

1. latent (existing or present but concealed or inactive)

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Adjective

latent (feminine singular latente, masculine plural latents, feminine plural latentes)

1. latent

Derived terms

• latemment

Further reading

• “latent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• talent

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

latent

1. latent

Related terms

• Latenz

Further reading

• “latent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

latent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of late?

Romanian

Etymology

From French latent, from Latin latens.

Adjective

latent m or n (feminine singular latent?, masculine plural laten?i, feminine and neuter plural latente)

1. latent

Declension