Ad Hoc Definition
ăd hŏk, hōk
adverb
For the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other.
A committee formed ad hoc to address the issue of salaries.
American Heritage
On the spur of the moment.
Wiktionary
For a particular purpose.
Wiktionary
adjective
Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose.
An ad hoc compensation committee.
American Heritage
For a special case only, without general application.
An ad hoc committee.
Webster's New World
Improvised and often impromptu.
American Heritage
For this; for a particular purpose. For example, ad hoc committees are often created to accomplish a particular purpose.
Webster's New World Law
For this particular purpose.
Wiktionary
Origin of Ad Hoc
Latin ad to hoc neuter accusative of hic this
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From New Latin ad hoc (“for this”).
From Wiktionary
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