spontaneous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective happening or arising without apparent external cause
  2. adjective said or done without having been planned or written in advance

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin spontāneus.

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