"ad hoc" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈhɑk/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈhɔk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ad hoc.ogg Forms: more ad hoc [comparative], most ad hoc [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒk 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 /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.
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  3. (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions. Categories (topical): Sciences
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  4. (networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points. Categories (topical): Networking
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ad-hoc Derived forms: ad hocery, ad hocism, ad hocness, adhocracy, adhocrat, adhocratic

Adverb

IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæd ˈhɑk/ [General-American], /ˌæd ˈhɔk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-ad hoc.ogg Forms: more ad hoc [comparative], most ad hoc [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒk 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)
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  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

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
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          "word": "specialcela"
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          "word": "tätä tarkoitusta varten"
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          "word": "tähän tarkoitukseen"
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          "word": "საგანგებო"
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          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epí toúto",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "επί τούτω"
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          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "אד הוק"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tadarth",
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          "word": "तदर्थ"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "word": "sértækur"
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          "code": "it",
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          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "rinji",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "imsi",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "임시"
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          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ویژه"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "word": "ad hoc"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "speciálʹnyj",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "специа́льный"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ad xok",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
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            "rare"
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          "word": "ад хок"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ad hoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "andu kosam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "ad hoc (amaca özel)"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 2 2 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "for this particular purpose",
          "word": "đặc ứng"
        }
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