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Meaning of 'spontaneous'
Meaning of 'spontaneous' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Spontaneous 
[ a.]
- Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or
disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or
tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion. [ a.]- Proceeding from, or acting by, internal impulse, energy, or natural law, without external force; as, spontaneous motion; spontaneous growth.
- Produced without being planted, or without human labor; as, a spontaneous growth of wood.
Meaning of 'spontaneous' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. spontaneous [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- happening or arising without apparent external cause
- happening or arising without apparent external cause
Example in sentence:
- a spontaneous abortion;
- spontaneous combustion;
- spontaneous laughter
2. spontaneous [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance
- said or done without having been planned or written in advance
Example in sentence:
- he made a few ad-lib remarks
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