EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Late Latin spontāneus, from Latin sponte (suā) (“of one's free will, voluntarily”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
- (US) IPA(key): /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
- Rhymes: -eɪniəs
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AdjectiveEdit
spontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous)
- Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
- He made a spontaneous offer of help.
- Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
- proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
- arising from a momentary impulse
- controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
- produced without being planted or without human labor; indigenous
- a spontaneous growth of wood
- Random.
- Sudden, without warning.
SynonymsEdit
- (self-generated): autonomous
- (done by one's own free choice): autonomous
- (proceeding from natural feeling...): autonomous
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
self generated; happening without any apparent external cause
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done by one's own free choice, or without planning
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proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
arising from a momentary impulse
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controlled and directed internally
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produced without being planted or without human labor
random — see random
sudden, without warning
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