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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"
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: 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.
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.
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.
1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation. 2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses. 3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes. 4. growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
Definition of spontaneous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.