ad hoc
For a particular purposeFor a particular purpose.
» Ad-hoc councils of town elders slowly evolved into militias.
Спонтанные советы городских старшин постепенно переросли в оборонительные формирования.
Meaning
4 sensesFor a particular purpose.
ad hoc
специа́льныйspeciálʹnyj, ад хокad xok
for or concerned with one specific purpose
Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
often improvised or impromptu
Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
Examples
2 sentencesAd-hoc councils of town elders slowly evolved into militias.
ruСпонтанные советы городских старшин постепенно переросли в оборонительные формирования. — shanghainese
Thus, this is an ad hoc solution - good in practice but theoretically weak.
ruТаким образом, это - единоразовое решение: практически эффективно, но теоретически слабо. — shanghainese
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”).Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”).
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Forms
more ad hoc, most ad hoc| Comparative | more ad hoc Lesson |
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| Superlative | most ad hoc Lesson |
regular
Word family
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2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form