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Ad hoc   /æd hɑk/   Listen
Ad hoc

adjective
1.
Often improvised or impromptu.
2.
For or concerned with one specific purpose.





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"Ad hoc" Quotes from Famous Books



... sunt ad finem [i.e. media]. Gratia autem gratum faciens ordinat hominem immediate ad coniunctionem ultimi finis; gratiae autem gratis datae ordinant hominem ad quaedam praeparatoria finis ultimi, sicut per prophetiam et miracula et huiusmodi homines inducuntur ad hoc quod ultimo fini coniungantur. Et ideo gratia gratum faciens est multo excellentior quam ...
— Grace, Actual and Habitual • Joseph Pohle
... praeter oppido propinqua, alia omnia vasta, inculta, egentia aquae, infesta serpentibus, quarum vis sicuti omnium ferarum inopia cibi acrior. Ad hoc natura serpentium, ipsa perniciosa, siti magis quam alia re accenditur. Tissot says (op. cit. ii. p. 669) that the solitudes which surround the oasis make a veritable "belt of sands and snakes" (cf. Florus iii. ...
— A History of Rome, Vol 1 - During the late Republic and early Principate • A H.J. Greenidge
... French and Islamic law; judicial review of legislative acts in ad hoc Constitutional Council composed of various public officials, including several Supreme Court justices; has not ...
— The 1990 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency


Words linked to "Ad hoc" :   unplanned, specific


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