"ad hoc" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈhɑk/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈhɔk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ad hoc.ogg [US] Forms: more ad hoc [comparative], most ad hoc [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|NL.|ad hoc||to this, for this}} Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”) Head templates: {{en-adj|nolinkhead=1}} ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)
  1. For a particular purpose. Translations (for this particular purpose): әd hak (alt: amaca özәl) (Azerbaijani), 臨時 (Chinese Mandarin), 临时 (línshí) (Chinese Mandarin), ad hoc (Czech), ad hoc (Danish), ad hoc (Dutch), specialcela (Esperanto), ad hoc (Finnish), tätä tarkoitusta varten (Finnish), tähän tarkoitukseen (Finnish), ad hoc (French), სპეციალური (sṗecialuri) (Georgian), საგანგებო (sagangebo) (Georgian), ad hoc (German), επί τούτω (epí toúto) (Greek), אד הוק (Hebrew), तदर्थ (tadarth) (Hindi), ad hoc (Hungarian), sértækur [masculine] (Icelandic), sérsniðinn [masculine] (Icelandic), ad hoc (Indonesian), ad hoc (Interlingua), ad hoc (Italian), 臨時 (rinji) (Japanese), このために (kono tame ni) [literally] (Japanese), 임시 (imsi) (Korean), ad hoc (Latin), taybeti (Northern Kurdish), ad hoc (Norwegian), ویژه (Persian), ad hoc (Polish), dla tego (Polish), doraźny [masculine] (Polish), ad hoc (Portuguese), ad hoc (Romanian), специа́льный (speciálʹnyj) (Russian), ад хок (ad xok) [masculine, rare] (Russian), ad hoc [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ad hoc (Slovak), ad hoc (Slovene), ad hoc (Spanish), ad hoc (Swedish), andu kosam (Telugu), ad hoc (amaca özel) (Turkish), đặc ứng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adj-Ek~u~LLz Disambiguation of 'for this particular purpose': 90 2 2 6
  2. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adj-InKsMsp1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 10 28 31 2
  3. (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions. Categories (topical): Sciences
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adj-2pToRQne Topics: sciences
  4. (networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points. Categories (topical): Networking
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adj-aldAnKnh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 10 28 31 2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ad-hoc Derived forms: ad hocery, ad hocism, ad hocness, adhocracy, adhocrat, adhocratic

Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈhɑk/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈhɔk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ad hoc.ogg [US] Forms: more ad hoc [comparative], most ad hoc [superlative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|NL.|ad hoc||to this, for this}} Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”) Head templates: {{en-adv|nolinkhead=1}} ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)
  1. On the spur of the moment. Translations (on the spur of the moment): noin vain (Finnish), siitä vain (Finnish), tuosta vain (Finnish), αυτοσχεδίως (aftoschedíos) (Greek), ad hoc (Polish), спонта́нно (spontánno) (Russian), непроду́манно (neprodúmanno) (Russian), произво́льно (proizvólʹno) (Russian), случа́йно (slučájno) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adv-j3vLgxd0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 28 10 28 31 2 Disambiguation of 'on the spur of the moment': 100 0
  2. For a particular purpose. Translations (for a particular purpose): jotakin varten (Finnish), nimenomaisesti (Finnish), varta vasten (Finnish), специа́льно (speciálʹno) (Russian), спеціа́льний (speciálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-en-adv-Ek~u~LLz Disambiguation of 'for a particular purpose': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ad-hoc, ad hocly

Adjective [Finnish]

Etymology: From Latin ad hoc. Etymology templates: {{der|fi|la|ad hoc}} Latin ad hoc Head templates: {{fi-adj|-|head=ad hoc}} ad hoc (not comparable)
  1. ad hoc (for a particular purpose) Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-fi-adj-YPsGgLll Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Phrase [Latin]

IPA: /ad hok/ [Classical], [äd̪ hɔk] [Classical], /ad ok/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äd̪ ɔk] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Head templates: {{head|la|phrase}} ad hoc
  1. to this end, for this, to this point, to this.
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-la-phrase-anIq9F~~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Norwegian Bokmål]

Etymology: From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|ad hoc||for this}} ad hoc (“for this”) Head templates: {{head|nb|adjective}} ad hoc
  1. ad hoc
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-nb-adj-5gGBV6-b

Adverb [Norwegian Bokmål]

Etymology: From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nb|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|ad hoc||for this}} ad hoc (“for this”) Head templates: {{head|nb|adverb}} ad hoc
  1. ad hoc
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-nb-adv-5gGBV6-b

Adjective [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Etymology: From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nn|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|ad hoc||for this}} ad hoc (“for this”) Head templates: {{head|nn|adjective}} ad hoc
  1. ad hoc
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-nn-adj-5gGBV6-b

Adverb [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Etymology: From the Latin phrase ad hoc (“for this”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nn|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|ad hoc||for this}} ad hoc (“for this”) Head templates: {{head|nn|adverb||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}}} ad hoc, {{nn-adv}} ad hoc
  1. ad hoc
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-nn-adv-5gGBV6-b

Adverb [Polish]

IPA: /ˈat ˈxɔk/
Rhymes: -atxɔk Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin ad hoc. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|NL.|ad hoc}} Unadapted borrowing from New Latin ad hoc Head templates: {{pl-adv|-|head=ad hoc}} ad hoc (not comparable)
  1. ad hoc (on the spur of the moment) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-pl-adv-amHEK9zY Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Portuguese]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hoc. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|ad hoc}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hoc Head templates: {{pt-adj|inv=1|nolinkhead=1}} ad hoc (invariable)
  1. ad hoc (created for a particular purpose) Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-pt-adj-F0kiYIpD Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Adverb [Spanish]

IPA: /ˌad ˈok/, [ˌað̞ ˈok]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad hoc. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|es|la|ad hoc|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin ad hoc, {{bor+|es|la|ad hoc}} Borrowed from Latin ad hoc Head templates: {{es-adv|head=ad hoc}} ad hoc
  1. ad hoc (for this particular purpose)
    Sense id: en-ad_hoc-es-adv-VCBwMupv Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Over the past 20 years or so, from South America to the Danube basin, ad hoc coalitions of politicians, activists and conscience-stricken billionaires (whose core activities, such as Povlsen’s clothing business, are often less than environmentally friendly), have rewilded millions of acres of mostly failed agricultural and grazing land.",
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          "ref": "2012 December 6, J. Agassi, Science in Flux, Springer Science & Business Media, page 197",
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        "(sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions."
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          "ref": "2007 April 23, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks: Protocols, Performance, and Control, CRC Press, page 233",
          "text": "An ad hoc network is a group of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without any fixed infrastructure or centralized administration. The applications for ad hoc networks have grown tremendously with the increase in the use of wireless sensor networks.",
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      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈhɑk/",
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      "ipa": "/ˌæd ˈhɔk/",
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      "alt": "amaca özәl",
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "әd hak"
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "臨時"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "临时"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "specialcela"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "tätä tarkoitusta varten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "tähän tarkoitukseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sṗecialuri",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "სპეციალური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sagangebo",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "საგანგებო"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epí toúto",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "επί τούτω"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "אד הוק"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tadarth",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "तदर्थ"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "sértækur"
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    {
      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sérsniðinn"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rinji",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "臨時"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kono tame ni",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "このために"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "imsi",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "임시"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "taybeti"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ویژه"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "dla tego"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "doraźny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "word": "специа́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "word": "ad hoc"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "andu kosam"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "ad hoc (amaca özel)"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "for this particular purpose",
      "word": "đặc ứng"
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      "word": "jotakin varten"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "nimenomaisesti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "varta vasten"
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        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad hoc",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin ad hoc",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ad hoc"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin ad hoc",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin ad hoc.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "ad hoc"
      },
      "expansion": "ad hoc",
      "name": "es-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ad"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish adverbs",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ad hoc (for this particular purpose)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ad hoc",
          "ad hoc#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌad ˈok/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌað̞ ˈok]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ad hoc"
}

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