spontaneous

[spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs]

[spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs]

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Something happens spontaneously when it occurs without any planning or prior thought.

The word "spontaneous" is used to describe things that happen without being carefully planned. For example, if you suddenly decide to go for a walk with friends on a sunny Saturday afternoon, your outing was spontaneous. You didn't schedule it in advance and just did what felt good at the moment. If a musician improvises during a concert, playing notes as they come to them instead of following a set script, their music is often described as spontaneous too.

How common is "spontaneous"?

Word spontaneous is considered uncommon in modern English.
It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.

Definitions

adjective

Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.
Example: He made a spontaneous offer of help.
Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
Arising from a momentary impulse
Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.
Random.
Sudden, without warning.

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