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Originally Posted by Rasna
Regarding "ulterior", in my mother tongue "ulteriore" can signify "additional".
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It definitely doesn't have that connotation in English, which is probably what's producing the confusion here. In English, something is "ulterior" if it's concealed or hidden (so, "ulterior motives", which describes someone having reasons to do something besides what they say or are obvious). I'd say that's its most common usage by far. It can be used for something that will take place in the future, or for things that lie outside a defined boundary, but it definitely doesn't mean just "additional".