spontaneous
adjective/spɒnˈteɪniəs/
/spɑːnˈteɪniəs/
- not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it
- a spontaneous offer of help
- The audience burst into spontaneous applause.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- genuinely
- quite
- totally
- …
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- often doing things without planning to, because you suddenly want to do them
- Jo's a cheerful, spontaneous person, always ready for some fun.
- (specialist) happening naturally, without being made to happen
- spontaneous remission of the disease
- done naturally, without being forced, practised or organized in advance
- a recording of spontaneous speech
- a wonderfully spontaneous performance of the piece
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from late Latin spontaneus (from (sua) sponte ‘of (one's) own accord’) + -ous.
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