ad hoc

See also: adhoc, and ad-hoc

English

Alternative forms

• ad-hoc

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ad hoc (“for this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈhɒk/
• IPA^(key): /ˌæd ˈhɑk/, /ˌæd ˈhɔk/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

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

1. For a particular purpose.
2. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
3. (sciences) (of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
4. Special.

Derived terms

• ad hocism
• ad hocness
• adhocracy

 

Translations

for this particular purpose

• Azerbaijani: әd hak (amaca özәl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臨時／临时 (zh) (línshí), 临时 (zh) (línshí)

• Czech: ad hoc (cs)
• Danish: ad hoc
• Dutch: ad hoc (nl)
• Esperanto: specialcela
• Finnish: ad hoc (fi); tätä tarkoitusta varten
• French: ad hoc (fr)
• Georgian: სპეციალური (sṗecialuri), საგანგებო (sagangebo)
• German: ad hoc (de)
• Greek: επί τούτω (el) (epí toúto)
• Hebrew: אד הוק (he)
• Hindi: तदर्थ (hi) ? (tadarth)
• Hungarian: ad hoc
• Icelandic: sértækur m, sérsniðinn m
• Indonesian: ad hoc
• Interlingua: ad hoc
• Italian: ad hoc (it)
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• Japanese: 臨時 (ja) (rinji), このために (kono tame ni) (literally)
• Korean: 임시 (ko) (imsi)
• Kurdish:
• Latin: ad hoc
• Norwegian: ad hoc (no)
• Persian: ویژه (fa)
• Polish: ad hoc (pl), dla tego, doraźny (pl) m
• Portuguese: ad hoc (pt)
• Romanian: ad hoc
• Russian: специа́льный (ru) (speciálʹnyj), ад хок (ru) m (ad xok) (rare)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: ad hoc

• Slovak: ad hoc
• Slovene: ad hoc
• Spanish: ad hoc (es)
• Swedish: ad hoc (sv)
• Telugu: andu kosam
• Turkish: ad hoc (tr) (amaca özel)
• Vietnamese: đặc ứng

special — see special

impromptu — see impromptu

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: حصري, ^{(please verify)} حصريا
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• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ज़रुरत के हिसाब से (zarurat ke hisāb se)

Adverb

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

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

Synonyms

• ad hocly

Translations

on the spur of the moment

• Finnish: noin vain, siitä vain, tuosta vain
• Greek: αυτοσχεδίως (el) (aftoschedíos)
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• Russian: спонта́нно (ru) (spontánno), непроду́манно (ru) (neprodúmanno), произво́льно (ru) (proizvólʹno), случа́йно (ru) (slučájno)

for a particular purpose

• Finnish: jotakin varten, nimenomaisesti, varta vasten (fi)
• Russian: специа́льно (ru) (speciálʹno)
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• Ukrainian: спеціа́льний (uk) (speciálʹnyj)

Further reading

• “ad hoc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• ad hoc, ad-hoc at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Anagrams

• choad, choda

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin ad hoc.

Adjective

ad hoc (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

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Latin

Phrase

ad hoc

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad hoc.

Adjective

1. ad hoc (created for a particular purpose)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad hoc.

Adverb

ad hoc

1. ad hoc (for this particular purpose)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001