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Definition of Ad hoc

1. Adjective. Often improvised or impromptu. "An ad hoc committee meeting"

2. Adverb. For one specific case. "They were appointed ad hoc"

3. Adjective. For or concerned with one specific purpose. "A coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions"

Definition of Ad hoc

1. Adjective. For this particular purpose. ¹

2. Adjective. Special. ¹

3. Adjective. Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu. ¹

4. Adverb. On the spur of the moment. ¹

5. Adverb. For a particular purpose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ad Hoc

ad-libber ad-libbing ad-libs ad-man ad-men ad absurdum ad agency ad baculum ad banners ad blitz

ad campaign ad captandum ad coelum ad hoc (current term) ad hoceries ad hocery ad hocism ad hockeries ad hockery ad hominem

ad hominem argument ad hominems ad hominum ad idem ad infinitum ad interim ad lib

Literary usage of Ad hoc

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Signed: A ALL Vote of Union with Wallachia Passed by the Divan ad hoc of ... 7 " The Divan of Moldavia ad hoc, proceeding in the manner prescribed for it by ..."

2. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1847)
"EUSTIS, Ch. J.—Process was served on the curator ad hoc appointed to represent Hunt, who, in his capacity of curator ad hoc, only, appeared and prayed that ..."

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