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1. (adj.) spontaneous
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation.
2. spontaneous
(of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
3. spontaneous
(of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes.
4. spontaneous
growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
Etymology: (1650–60; < LL spontāneus= L spont(e) willingly +-āneus (-ān(us) -an1+-eus -eous ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) spontaneous, self-generated
happening or arising without apparent external cause
"spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion"
2. (adj) ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten
said or done without having been planned or written in advance
"he made a few ad-lib remarks"
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1. (adjective) spontaneous
happening without any warning or planning
spontaneous applause; the spontaneity of the comedy; Police say the attack happened spontaneously.
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| Definition of 'spontaneous' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) spontaneous
proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion
2. (adj) spontaneous
proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth
3. (adj) spontaneous
produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood
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Sense: said, done etc of one's own free will without pressure from others
His offer was quite spontaneous.
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 Afrikaans: spontaan |
 Arabic: عَفْوي |
 Bulgarian: спонтанен |
 Brazilian: espontâneo |
 Czech: dobrovolný |
 German: spontan |
 Danish: spontan |
 Greek: αυθόρμητος |
 Spanish: espontáneo |
 Estonian: omaalgatuslik |
 Farsi: خود به خود |
 Finnish: spontaani |
 French: spontané |
 Hebrew: סְפּוֹנטָאנִי |
 Hindi: स्वैच्िछक, स्वेच्छित |
 Croatian: spontan |
 Hungarian: önkéntes |
 Indonesian: spontan |
 Icelandic: sem geristán utanaðkomand |
 Italian: spontaneo |
 Japanese: 自発的な |
 Korean: 자발적인 |
 Lithuanian: spontaniškas, savaimingas |
 Latvian: spontāns; labprātīgs |
 Malay: spontan |
 Dutch: spontaan |
 Norwegian: frivillig, uoppfordret |
 Polish: dobrowolny |
 Portuguese: espontâneo |
 Romanian: spontan |
 Russian: добровольный |
 Slovak: dobrovoľný, spontánny |
 Slovenian: spontan |
 Serbian: spontan |
 Swedish: spontan |
 Thai: ที่เสร็จเรียบร้อย |
 Turkish: spontane, isteyerek |
 Taiwanese: 不由自主的，自然的 |
 Ukrainian: мимовільний; спонтанний |
 Urdu: غیر ارادی |
 Vietnamese: tự phát |
 Chinese: 自发的，自然的 |
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