2007-03-12 03:13:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anna S 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
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spon·ta·ne·ous /spɒnˈteɪniəs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spon-tey-nee-uhs] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
2. (of a person) given to acting upon sudden impulses.
3. (of natural phenomena) arising from internal forces or causes; independent of external agencies; self-acting.
4. growing naturally or without cultivation, as plants and fruits; indigenous.
5. produced by natural process.
2007-03-12 03:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by cfpops 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you mean SPONTANEOUS?
1. arising from internal cause: resulting from internal or natural processes, with no apparent external influence
2. arising from impulse: arising from natural impulse or inclination, rather than from planning or in response to suggestions from others
3. unrestrained: naturally unrestrained or uninhibited
4. botany growing uncultivated: growing without cultivation
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2007-03-12 03:19:15 · answer #2 · answered by exo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The proper spelling is 'spontaneous'.
SPONTANEOUS
(adjective) from Latin sponte of one's free will, voluntarily
Definitions:
1 : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
2 : arising from a momentary impulse
3 : controlled and directed internally : SELF-ACTING
4 : produced without being planted or without human labor : INDIGENOUS
5 : developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment
6 : not apparently contrived or manipulated : NATURAL
- spon·ta·ne·ous·ly (adverb)
- spon·ta·ne·ous·ness (noun)
synonyms: IMPULSIVE, INSTINCTIVE
2007-03-12 03:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Bill C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My instant thought, which made me spring into action without thinking, answering as it were totally on the spur of the moment was that you can't spell spontaneous.
2007-03-12 03:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by Who Yah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the spur of the moment, just for the sake of it. giving little time to think something over but doing it anyway
2007-03-12 03:16:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the spot, without a plan aforehand
2007-03-12 03:17:32 · answer #6 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
out of the blue and random i think
2007-03-12 03:16:35 · answer #7 · answered by titty_lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do things straight away...spur of the moment :D
2007-03-12 03:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by miss_gemstone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with out rhyme or reason you just do it, right now without any reasoning.
2007-03-12 03:18:29 · answer #9 · answered by Dennis G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free of spirit, sincere on the speech
2007-03-12 03:17:09 · answer #10 · answered by Fipa 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋