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- Dictionaryspon·ta·ne·ous/spänˈtānēəs/
adjective
- 1. performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus: "the audience broke into spontaneous applause" Similar Opposite
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happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced: His jokes seemed spontaneous, but were in fact carefully prepared beforehand. approving She's such a spontaneous, lively woman. Fewer examples. I am certain both these statements were spontaneous and genuine. The audience broke into spontaneous applause.
1. : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint. 2. : arising from a momentary impulse. 3. : controlled and directed internally : self-acting. spontaneous movement characteristic of living things. 4. : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous. 5.
coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause. Synonyms: unpremeditated, free. Antonyms: premeditated. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced…. Learn more.
Something spontaneous happens when you're least expecting it. Spontaneous things are natural or instinctive, and they happen without warning. If you plan to go to a movie and then you go, that's not a spontaneous thing.
Spontaneous acts are not planned or arranged, but are done because someone suddenly wants to do them.
(specialist) happening naturally, without being made to happen. spontaneous remission of the disease. done naturally, without being forced, practised or organized in advance. a recording of spontaneous speech. a wonderfully spontaneous performance of the piece. Word Origin.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1. happening naturally and suddenly and without being planned: 2. the quality of being…. Learn more.
Having no apparent external cause or influence; occurring or produced by its own energy, force, etc. or through internal causes; self-acting. Acting in accordance with or resulting from a natural feeling, impulse, or tendency, without any constraint, effort, or premeditation.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1 : done or said in a natural and often sudden way and without a lot of thought or planning; 2 : doing things that have not been planned but that seem enjoyable and worth doing at a particular time.
