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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)

spontaneous

/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/

adjective

something that happens on its own, seemingly without cause

  • “We had a lot of spontaneous offers from them.”Tatoeba
  • “He surprised her with a spontaneous trip.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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