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"Ad Hoc" Definition

noun

To this; with respect to this (subject or thing); in particular.

adverb

For the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other: a committee formed ad hoc to address the issue of salaries.
On the spur of the moment.
Source: Wiktionary
For a particular purpose.
Source: Wiktionary
For one specific case.
Source: Wordnet
For the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application.

adjective

Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose: an ad hoc compensation committee.
Improvised and often impromptu: "on an ad hoc basis, congress has . . . placed . . . ceilings on military aid to specific countries” ( new york times).
For this particular purpose.
Source: Wiktionary
Special.
Source: Wiktionary
Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
Source: Wiktionary

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