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  1. 1. a. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc. Source: opted
  2. 2. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc. Source: webster
  3. 3. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having incomposition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly whenjoined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine,ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations ithas the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common,natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc. Source: adambom
  4. 4. a. A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having in composition the signification beyond, on the other side, chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place; as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical, etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively, exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic, ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc. Source: ecdict

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