ad hoc

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  1. 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.
  2. adjective Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose: an ad hoc compensation committee.
  3. adjective Improvised and often impromptu: "On an ad hoc basis, Congress has . . . placed . . . ceilings on military aid to specific countries” (New York Times).

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  1. Latin : ad, to + hoc, neuter accusative of hic, this.

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  1. Latin: ad, to; hoc, accusative neuter of hic, this: see hic.
 

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