1
[ adverb ] for one specific case

Examples

"they were appointed ad hoc"

Used in print

(Committee for Economic Development, Distressed...)

The opportunity exists for states to reserve some of their vocational education funds to apply on an ad_hoc flexible basis to subsidize any local preemployment_training_programs that my be quickly set_up in a community to aid a new industrial plant .

2
[ adjective ] often improvised or impromptu

Examples

"an ad hoc committee meeting"

Related terms

unplanned

3
[ adjective ] for or concerned with one specific purpose

Examples

"a coordinated policy instead of ad hoc decisions"

Related terms

specific

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