ad hoc

English

Etymology

From New Latin ad hoc (“for this”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɒk/, SAMPA: /%{d"hQk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌæd ˈhɑk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/

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Adjective

Wikipedia

ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)

1. For this particular purpose.
2. Special.
3. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

Translations

for this particular purpose

Azeri: әd hak (amaca özәl) Chinese: Mandarin: 臨時 (cmn), 临时 (cmn) (línshí) Croatian: ad hoc Czech: ad hoc (cs) Danish: ad hoc Dutch: ad hoc Esperanto: specialcela Finnish: ad hoc (fi); tätä tarkoitusta varten (fi) French: ad hoc German: ad hoc Greek: επί τούτου (el), επί τούτω (el) Hebrew: אד הוק (he) Hungarian: ad hoc Icelandic: sértækur (is) m., sérsniðinn (is) m. Indonesian: ad hoc Interlingua: ad hoc

Italian: ad hoc Kurdish: taybeti Latin: ad hoc Norwegian: ad hoc (no) Persian: ویژه (fa) Polish: ad hoc, dla tego, doraźny m. Portuguese: ad hoc Romanian: ad hoc Russian: по месту (ru), ситуационно (ru) Slovak: ad hoc (sk) Slovene: ad hoc Spanish: ad hoc (es) Swedish: ad hoc Telugu: andu kosam Turkish: ad hoc (amaca özel) Vietnamese: đặc ứng

special — see special

impromptu — see impromptu

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Arabic: حصري, حصريا Hindi: (zaroorat ke hisaab se)

Adverb

ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)

1. On the spur of the moment.
2. For a particular purpose.

Translations

on the spur of the moment

Finnish: noin vain (fi), siitä vain (fi), tuosta vain (fi)

for a particular purpose

Finnish: jotakin varten (fi), nimenomaisesti (fi), varta vasten (fi)

Anagrams

• choad, choda

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin

Adjective

ad hoc (not comparable)

1. (rare) ad hoc (for a particular purpose)

Declension

Used only in uninflected form to modify a noun, as in ad hoc -komitea ("ad hoc committee").

Usage notes

The Finnish term mainly used instead of "ad hoc committee" is työryhmä

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Latin

Phrase

ad hoc

1. to this end, for this, to this point, to this.