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Ad hoc is defined as something that is done for a special need.

(adverb)

Forming an army to deal with an invasion is an example of forming an army ad hoc.

The definition of ad hoc is something that is or was done to address a certain purpose.

(adjective)

Appointing an impromptu committee to deal with tax cuts is an example of an ad hoc committee.

See ad hoc in Webster's New World College Dictionary

for a special case only, without general application: an ad hoc committee

Origin: L, to this

See ad hoc in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

adjective

Formed for or concerned with one specific purpose: an ad hoc compensation committee.
Improvised and often impromptu: “On an ad hoc basis, Congress has . . . placed . . . ceilings on military aid to specific countries” (New York Times).

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: : ad, to

Origin: + hoc

Origin: , neuter accusative of hic, this

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