"spontaneous" meaning in English

See spontaneous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/ [US] Audio: en-us-spontaneous.ogg Forms: more spontaneous [comparative], most spontaneous [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪniəs Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|LL.|spontāneus}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus Head templates: {{en-adj}} spontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous)
  1. Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause. Synonyms: autonomous Translations (not apparently contrived or manipulated): spontaani (Finnish), naturel (French), spontané (French), αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) (Greek), φυσικός (fysikós) (Greek) Translations (self generated; happening without any apparent external cause): αὐτόματος (autómatos) (Ancient Greek), স্বতঃস্ফুৰ্ট (sotohsphurt) (Assamese), самопроизво́лен (samoproizvólen) (Bulgarian), espontani (Catalan), 自发的 (Chinese Mandarin), spontánní (Czech), spontaan (Dutch), spontanea (Esperanto), spontana (Esperanto), spontaani (Finnish), spontané (French), volontaire (French), ventureiro (Galician), spontan (German), αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) (Greek), εθελοντικός (ethelontikós) (Greek), spontán (Hungarian), spontaneo (Italian), spontāneus (Latin), спо́нтан (spóntan) (Macedonian), spontan (Malay), spontan (Norwegian Bokmål), spontan (Norwegian Nynorsk), spontaniczny (Polish), samorzutny [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, physics] (Polish), espontâneo (Portuguese), spontan (Romanian), спонта́нный (spontánnyj) (Russian), самопроизво́льный (samoproizvólʹnyj) (Russian), spȍntān (Serbo-Croatian), espontáneo (Spanish), spontan (Swedish), kusa (Tagalog), kendiliğinden (Turkish), spontan (Turkish), спонта́нний (spontánnyj) (Ukrainian), мимові́льний (mymovílʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-PV9uT93L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 9 5 3 21 9 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 8 4 3 20 9 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 6 3 2 22 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 9 2 1 21 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 39 12 14 7 13 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 44 12 9 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 43 11 10 4 17 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 45 12 9 4 15 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 12 14 3 14 7 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 9 4 4 19 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 49 12 8 2 17 7 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 11 10 4 16 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 9 5 4 19 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 44 11 10 4 16 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 9 5 5 19 9 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 42 8 9 8 17 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 41 9 13 7 16 7 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 9 4 3 20 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 50 9 4 3 20 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 44 10 10 4 17 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 45 11 10 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 41 10 11 7 15 6 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 43 11 10 4 16 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 54 10 4 1 20 9 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 44 10 10 4 17 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 10 9 4 15 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 11 9 3 18 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 44 11 10 4 16 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 9 4 3 20 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 44 12 9 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 45 11 10 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 8 3 3 20 9 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 12 9 4 16 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 44 12 9 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 44 12 9 4 16 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 44 12 9 4 16 9 6 Disambiguation of 'not apparently contrived or manipulated': 45 10 5 3 19 9 10 Disambiguation of 'self generated; happening without any apparent external cause': 75 4 4 1 9 4 4
  2. Done by one's own free choice, or without planning. Synonyms: autonomous Translations (done by one's own free choice, or without planning): спонтанен (spontanen) (Bulgarian), spontánní (Czech), spontaani (Finnish), oma-aloitteinen (Finnish), omaehtoinen (Finnish), spontané (French), espontáneo (Galician), spontan (German), αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) (Greek), αβίαστος (avíastos) (Greek), spontán (Hungarian), spontaneo (Italian), extemporālis (Latin), добро́волен (dobróvolen) (Macedonian), spontaniczny (Polish), espontâneo (Portuguese), spontan (Romanian), доброво́льный (dobrovólʹnyj) (Russian), saor-thoileach (Scottish Gaelic), spȍntān (Serbo-Croatian), spontan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-8ykmSQze Disambiguation of "done by one's own free choice, or without planning": 7 75 4 1 2 5 6
  3. Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint. Synonyms: autonomous Translations (proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint): সহজাত (xohozat) (Assamese), непринуден (neprinuden) (Bulgarian), espontani (Catalan), spontánní (Czech), spontané (French), αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) (Greek), πηγαίος (pigaíos) (Greek), ενστικτώδης (enstiktódis) (Greek), непри́нуден (neprínuden) (Macedonian), spȍntān (Serbo-Croatian), espontáneo (Spanish), spontan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj--H2kqAHY Disambiguation of 'proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint': 13 5 60 6 2 6 8
  4. Arising from a momentary impulse. Translations (arising from a momentary impulse): спонтанен (spontanen) (Bulgarian), espontani (Catalan), impulzivní (Czech), impulsiivinen (Finnish), impulsif (French), παρορμητικός (parormitikós) (Greek), αυθόρμητος (afthórmitos) (Greek), спо́нтан (spóntan) (Macedonian), spȍntān (Serbo-Croatian), ȉmpulzīvan (Serbo-Croatian), espontáneo (Spanish), spontan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-qz16hhhm Disambiguation of 'arising from a momentary impulse': 4 2 7 81 2 1 4
  5. Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things. Translations (controlled and directed internally): réflexe (French), ακούσιος (akoúsios) (Greek), reflexmässig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-7g3OF1Tw Disambiguation of 'controlled and directed internally': 5 2 3 1 82 1 4
  6. Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor. Translations (produced without being planted or without human labor): естествен (estestven) (Bulgarian), luonnollinen (Finnish), indigène (French), endémique (French), ventureiro (Galician), при́роден (príroden) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-ZA5rG0Il Disambiguation of 'produced without being planted or without human labor': 21 10 9 1 5 39 14
  7. Sudden, without warning. Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous, sudden Translations (sudden, without warning): yllättävä (Finnish), äkillinen (Finnish), soudain (French), ξαφνικός (xafnikós) (Greek), spontán (Hungarian), plutselig (Norwegian Bokmål), plutseleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), خود جوش، داوطلبانه، ناگهانی (Persian)
    Sense id: en-spontaneous-en-adj-JK3Vzvr0 Disambiguation of 'sudden, without warning': 8 5 5 1 1 7 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spontaneity, spontaneous abortion, spontaneous combustion, spontaneous fission, spontaneous generation, spontaneous human combustion, spontaneously, spontaneous pneumothorax

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "spontánnyj",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "спонта́нный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "samoproizvólʹnyj",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "самопроизво́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "spȍntān"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "espontáneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "spontan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "kusa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "kendiliğinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "spontan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spontánnyj",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "спонта́нний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 4 4 1 9 4 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mymovílʹnyj",
          "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
          "word": "мимові́льний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 10 5 3 19 9 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
          "word": "spontaani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 10 5 3 19 9 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
          "word": "naturel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 10 5 3 19 9 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
          "word": "spontané"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 10 5 3 19 9 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afthórmitos",
          "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
          "word": "αυθόρμητος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 10 5 3 19 9 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fysikós",
          "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
          "word": "φυσικός"
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          "word": "autonomous"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spontanen",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "спонтанен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontánní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontaani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "oma-aloitteinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "omaehtoinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontané"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "espontáneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afthórmitos",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "αυθόρμητος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "avíastos",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "αβίαστος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontaneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "extemporālis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dobróvolen",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "добро́волен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontaniczny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "espontâneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spontan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dobrovólʹnyj",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "доброво́льный"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "saor-thoileach"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
          "word": "spȍntān"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 75 4 1 2 5 6",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "word": "spontan"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "xohozat",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "সহজাত"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "neprinuden",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "непринуден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "espontani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "spontánní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "spontané"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afthórmitos",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "αυθόρμητος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pigaíos",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "πηγαίος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enstiktódis",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "ενστικτώδης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "neprínuden",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "непри́нуден"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "spȍntān"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "espontáneo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 5 60 6 2 6 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
          "word": "spontan"
        }
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spontanen",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "спонтанен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "espontani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "impulzivní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "impulsiivinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "impulsif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parormitikós",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "παρορμητικός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "afthórmitos",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "αυθόρμητος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "spóntan",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "спо́нтан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "spȍntān"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "ȉmpulzīvan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "espontáneo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 2 7 81 2 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
          "word": "spontan"
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      "glosses": [
        "Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things."
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 3 1 82 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
          "word": "réflexe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 2 3 1 82 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "akoúsios",
          "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
          "word": "ακούσιος"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 2 3 1 82 1 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
          "word": "reflexmässig"
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          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 106, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "H]e persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields.",
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        {
          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "estestven",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "естествен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "luonnollinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "indigène"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "endémique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "ventureiro"
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          "_dis1": "21 10 9 1 5 39 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "príroden",
          "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
          "word": "при́роден"
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          "word": "abrupt"
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          "word": "precipitous"
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          "word": "subitaneous"
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          "word": "sudden"
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          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "yllättävä"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "äkillinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "soudain"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xafnikós",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "ξαφνικός"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "spontán"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "plutselig"
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          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "plutseleg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 5 5 1 1 7 73",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "sudden, without warning",
          "word": "خود جوش، داوطلبانه، ناگهانی"
        }
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      "word": "spontaneous abortion"
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      "word": "spontaneous combustion"
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    {
      "word": "spontaneous fission"
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      "word": "spontaneous generation"
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      "word": "spontaneous human combustion"
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      "word": "spontaneous pneumothorax"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "spontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He made a spontaneous offer of help.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "a make spontaneous decision",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Self",
          "self"
        ],
        [
          "generate",
          "generate"
        ],
        [
          "apparent",
          "apparent"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autonomous"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Done by one's own free choice, or without planning."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "free",
          "free"
        ],
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "planning",
          "planning"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autonomous"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "natural",
          "natural"
        ],
        [
          "native",
          "native"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external"
        ],
        [
          "conscious",
          "conscious"
        ],
        [
          "constraint",
          "constraint"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "autonomous"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Arising from a momentary impulse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Arising",
          "arise"
        ],
        [
          "momentary",
          "momentary"
        ],
        [
          "impulse",
          "impulse"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 106, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "H]e persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cultivation",
          "cultivation"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "manual labor"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Sudden, without warning."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "abrupt"
        },
        {
          "word": "precipitous"
        },
        {
          "word": "subitaneous"
        },
        {
          "word": "sudden"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪniəs"
    },
    {
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "sotohsphurt",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "স্বতঃস্ফুৰ্ট"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "samoproizvólen",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "самопроизво́лен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "espontani"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "自发的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontánní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontanea"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontané"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "volontaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "ventureiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ethelontikós",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "εθελοντικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "autómatos",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "αὐτόματος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontaneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontāneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spóntan",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "спо́нтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontaniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "topics": [
        "chemistry",
        "physical-sciences",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "word": "samorzutny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "espontâneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spontánnyj",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "спонта́нный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samoproizvólʹnyj",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "самопроизво́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spȍntān"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "espontáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "kusa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "kendiliğinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spontánnyj",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "спонта́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mymovílʹnyj",
      "sense": "self generated; happening without any apparent external cause",
      "word": "мимові́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spontanen",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "спонтанен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontánní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "oma-aloitteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "omaehtoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontané"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "espontáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avíastos",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "αβίαστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontaneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "extemporālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dobróvolen",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "добро́волен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontaniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "espontâneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobrovólʹnyj",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "доброво́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "saor-thoileach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spȍntān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "done by one's own free choice, or without planning",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "xohozat",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "সহজাত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neprinuden",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "непринуден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "espontani"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "spontánní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "spontané"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pigaíos",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "πηγαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enstiktódis",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "ενστικτώδης"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neprínuden",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "непри́нуден"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "spȍntān"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "espontáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spontanen",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "спонтанен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "espontani"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "impulzivní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "impulsiivinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "impulsif"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parormitikós",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "παρορμητικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "spóntan",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "спо́нтан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "spȍntān"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "ȉmpulzīvan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "espontáneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "arising from a momentary impulse",
      "word": "spontan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
      "word": "réflexe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akoúsios",
      "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
      "word": "ακούσιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "controlled and directed internally",
      "word": "reflexmässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "estestven",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "естествен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "luonnollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "indigène"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "endémique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "ventureiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "príroden",
      "sense": "produced without being planted or without human labor",
      "word": "при́роден"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
      "word": "spontaani"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
      "word": "naturel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
      "word": "spontané"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "afthórmitos",
      "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
      "word": "αυθόρμητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fysikós",
      "sense": "not apparently contrived or manipulated",
      "word": "φυσικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "yllättävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "äkillinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "soudain"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xafnikós",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "ξαφνικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "spontán"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "plutselig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "plutseleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "sudden, without warning",
      "word": "خود جوش، داوطلبانه، ناگهانی"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spontaneous"
}

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