Spontaneous
11spontaneous — [[t]spɒnte͟ɪniəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Spontaneous acts are not planned or arranged, but are done because someone suddenly wants to do them. Diana s house was crowded with happy people whose spontaneous outbursts of song were accompanied by lively… …
12spontaneous — spon|ta|ne|ous [ span teıniəs ] adjective * happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about: spontaneous applause/cheers He was suddenly filled with tears of spontaneous emotion. a. used in a positive way about someone who often …
13spontaneous */ — UK [spɒnˈteɪnɪəs] / US [spɑnˈteɪnɪəs] adjective happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about spontaneous applause/cheers He was suddenly filled with tears of spontaneous emotion. a) used in a positive way about someone who… …
14spontaneous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one s free will, voluntarily Date: 1653 1. proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2. arising from a momentary impulse 3. controlled and… …
15spontaneous — spon|ta|ne|ous [spɔnˈteıniəs US spa:n ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Late Latin; Origin: spontaneus, from Latin sponte of your own free will ] 1.) something that is spontaneous has not been planned or organized, but happens by itself, or because you… …
16spontaneous — adj. 1 acting or done or occurring without external cause. 2 voluntary, without external incitement (made a spontaneous offer of his services). 3 Biol. (of structural changes in plants and muscular activity esp. in young animals) instinctive,… …
17spontaneous — adjective a) Self generated; happening without any apparent external cause. He made a spontaneous offer of help. b) Done by ones own free choice, or without planning. See Also …
18spontaneous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. instinctive, automatic, involuntary; extemporaneous, uninhibited, unforced, natural. See impulse, will, freedom. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. involuntary, instinctive, unbidden, unplanned, impromptu …
19spontaneous — adjective 1) a spontaneous display of affection Syn: unplanned, unpremeditated, impulsive, impromptu, spur of the moment, unprompted; informal off the cuff 2) a spontaneous kind of person Syn: natural, uninhibited, relaxed …
20spontaneous — /spɒnˈteɪniəs / (say spon tayneeuhs) adjective 1. proceeding from a natural personal impulse, without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained: a spontaneous action; a spontaneous remark. 2. (of impulses, motion, activity, natural… …
