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Ad hoc

/ˌæd ˈhɒk/

For a particular purpose.

📖 Definitions of "Ad hoc"

adjective
  1. 1

    For a particular purpose.

  2. 2

    Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

  3. 3

    (of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.

  4. 4

    Special.

adverb
  1. 1

    On the spur of the moment.

  2. 2

    For a particular purpose.

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