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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"
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.
SPONTANEOUS definition: 1. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced…. Learn more.
SPONTANEOUS meaning: 1. happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced…. Learn more.
Spontaneous definition: coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned. See examples of SPONTANEOUS used in a sentence.
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.
3 days ago · coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned. a spontaneous burst of applause. 2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
Definition of spontaneous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.