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Formed for one purpose only
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ad hoc
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Ad Hoc is a family-style comfort food restaurant in Yountville, California . Opened by Thomas Keller in September 2006, Ad Hoc was meant to serve as a temporary cafe for six months but was retained as a permanent establishment.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Latin, literally "for this (specific purpose)."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 For a particular purpose. 2 Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu. 3 (context science English) (of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsify, without making any new prediction. 4 special. adv. 1 On the spur of the moment. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. often improvised or impromptu; "an ad hoc committee meeting" for or concerned with one specific purpose; "a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions" adv. for one specific case; "they were appointed ad hoc"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ An ad hoc committee has been set up to deal with the problem.
Usage examples of ad hoc.
Ravna said her skrode was an inferior imitation, its new wheels an ad hoc addition.
If Stu and Glen had seen copies-and he was sure they had by now-they knew that he had unilaterally stricken Harold Lauder's name from their list of ad hoc committee members.
All eight members of the ad hoc committee of the National Security Council were present, with President Mat.
But, Bondurant is already employed as Jimmy Haifas ad hoc cabstand enforcer.
For the moment, however, it is important to recognize that the rise of ad hoc organization is a direct effect of the speed-up of change in society as a whole.
The members of the DoonaiRrala Ad Hoc Band rarely got time for more than a few mouthfuls of food, so much in demand was celebratory dance music.
The Ad Hoc Band began to play incidental music, loud enough to be heard through the low roar of conversation but not loud enough to drown it.