spontaneous
US: /spɑnˈteɪniəs/
UK: /spɒntˈeɪniəs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
spontaneous /spɔn'teinjəs/- tính từ
- tự động, tự ý
- to make a spontaneous offer of one's services: tự ý xung phong phục vụ
- tự phát, tự sinh
- spontaneous development: sự phát triển tự phát
- spontaneous generation: sự tự sinh
- thanh thoát, không gò bó (văn)
- tự động, tự ý
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective1 not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it: a spontaneous offer of help + The audience burst into spontaneous applause.
2 (of a person) often doing things without planning to, because they suddenly want to do them
3 (technical) happening naturally, without being made to happen: spontaneous remission of the disease + a spontaneous abortion (= a MISCARRIAGE)
4 done naturally, without being forced or practised: a tape recording of spontaneous speech + a wonderfully spontaneous performance of the piece
spontaneously adverb: We spontaneously started to dance. + The bleeding often stops spontaneously.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 unannounced, unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu, extemporaneous, extempore, unprepared, unrehearsed, offhand, ad lib, spur-of-the-moment, Colloq off the cuff:
Miss Malkin's spontaneous speech could not have been better had it been written out.
2 natural, unforced, unbidden, instinctive, instinctual, unconscious, reflex, automatic, mechanical, immediate, offhand, unguarded, unthinking, unwitting, involuntary, impetuous, impulsive, Slang knee-jerk:
How could you doubt the sincerity of such an outburst of spontaneous affection? My spontaneous reaction is to beg you not to take up sky-diving.
Collocation
VERBS
appear, be, seem
ADV.
genuinely | quite, totally | apparently, seemingly | wonderfully
a wonderfully spontaneous performance of the symphony
Concise dictionary
spɑn'teɪnɪəs /spɒn-adj.
+happening or arising without apparent external cause
+said or done without having been planned or written in advance
