ad hoc
UK/ˌæd ˈhɒk//ˌæd ˈhɑk/
ad hoc adjective: for a particular purpose.
Adjective
ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)
- For a particular purpose.
- Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.
- Over the past 20 years or so, from South America to the Danube basin, ad hoc coalitions of politicians, activists and conscience-stricken billionaires (whose core activities, such as Povlsen’s clothing business, are often less than environmentally friendly), have rewilded millions of acres of...2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2026
- Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.
- Contrary to the traditional condoning of ad hoc hypotheses, and in line with Popper's and Grünbaum's approaches, we see, once an ad hoc hypothesis is introduced we are unhappy about it and try to eliminate it.2012 December 6, J. Agassi, Science in Flux, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 197
- Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.
- An ad hoc network is a group of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without any fixed infrastructure or centralized administration. The applications for ad hoc networks have grown tremendously with the increase in the use of wireless sensor networks.2007 April 23, Jagannathan Sarangapani, Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks: Protocols, Performance, and Control, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 233
Adverb
ad hoc (comparative more ad hoc, superlative most ad hoc)
- On the spur of the moment.
- Synonyms:
- ad hocly
- For a particular purpose.
ad hoc meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
ad hoc in Hindi
- for this particular purpose
- तदर्थ tadarth
ad hoc in Tamil
- ஆசுப்போக்கு, ஆசுப்போக்காக, ஆசுப்போக்கான, முன்திட்டமற்ற, முன்னேற்பாடற்ற, அதற்கமை
ad hoc in Urdu
- وقتی
ad hoc in Malayalam
- അനൗപചാരികമായി, ഒരു പ്രത്യേക കാര്യത്തിനായുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- ad hoc in Indonesian
- ad hoc
- ad hoc in Persian
- ویژه
- ad hoc in Thai
- เฉพาะกิจ chà-pɔ́-gìt
- ad hoc in Vietnamese
- đặc ứng
Synonyms of ad hoc
Forms of ad hoc
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more ad hoc |
| superlative | most ad hoc |
| alternative form | ad-hoc |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more ad hoc |
| superlative | most ad hoc |
Origin of ad hoc
Learned borrowing from New Latin ad hoc (“to this, for this”).
Words formed from ad hoc
Words that rhyme with ad hoc
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
- oc
Questions about ad hoc
- What does ad hoc mean?
- Ad hoc means for a particular purpose.
- What is ad hoc in Hindi?
- Ad hoc in Hindi is तदर्थ (tadarth). See Ad hoc meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ad hoc?
- Ad hoc can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce ad hoc?
- Ad hoc is pronounced /ˌæd ˈhɒk/ (UK).
Words near ad hoc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ad hoc (page history and authors); ad hoc (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ad hoc (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ad hoc (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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