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# spontaneous

«spontaneous» in Mova's school dictionary: **happening or done suddenly, without being planned** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (spontaneous, more spontaneous); adverb spontaneously

### meaning for a pupil

1) Spontaneous means happening or done suddenly, without being planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#m1)

2) A spontaneous person often does things on the spur of the moment, naturally and freely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#m2)

3) (science) Spontaneous describes something that happens by itself without being caused from outside, like spontaneous combustion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life spontaneous fun is not planned: a spontaneous trip to the beach. In stories it shows a character is lively and free, or a crowd reacts naturally (spontaneous applause). In science «spontaneous» means happening on its own. Phrases: spontaneous applause, a spontaneous decision, spontaneous combustion.

### examples

- The crowd burst into spontaneous applause. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x1)
- We made a spontaneous trip to the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x2)
- Her laugh was warm and spontaneous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x3)
- He is spontaneous and always has new ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x4)
- The hug was spontaneous, not planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x5)
- Piles of wet hay can catch fire by spontaneous combustion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x6)
- Our teacher likes spontaneous questions in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/#x7)

### note

Spelled -taneous: spon-TAY-nee-us. Opposite: planned, deliberate, rehearsed. Myth: «spontaneous human combustion» (people bursting into flames by themselves) is not supported by science.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spontaneous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spontaneous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.