The group was constituted ad hoc. The NOAD gives a similar definition: "formed, arranged, or done for a particular purpose only." The Collins English Dictionary defines ad hoc as "for a …

Jun 18, 2014 · Is there any difference between " ad hoc " and " impromptu "? Can you find sentences where only one of the words is acceptable and the other is not? And where they are …

Jan 28, 2021 · When was ad hoc introduced in English? I found this, but it is only a vague speculation. Originally, ad hoc is a Latin phrase, and it is speculated that the term was first …

Oct 3, 2016 · Let's say there's an article or a book titled solutions for ad hoc problems in foobar. How is ad hoc title-cased? As a preposition ad with a pronoun hoc or as an adjective? I mean, …

Nov 4, 2015 · A heuristic could be ad hoc or involve things that are ad hoc, or not. Something ad hoc need not be, and in general is not, connected in any way with a rule of thumb.

Ad hoc simply means "for this" — an ad hoc solution is one that is cobbled together for expediency to meet a particular need at a particular time. It is not expected to be durable, …

Nov 8, 2016 · Ad-hoc compounds formed with post- are almost always written with the hyphen, but it’s completely a matter of house style, with some historical practices (read, habits) …

Feb 18, 2019 · I've completely forgotten the word I'm looking for, but it basically means an "ad hoc unofficial police force" that is formed by citizens to enforce the law when the state can't or …

Jun 25, 2016 · This appears to be an ad hoc, non-standard phonetic spelling system. There is no use of italics in IPA. Anyways, it appears that uh is italicized to set it apart as a digraph …

Mar 10, 2015 · The problem, of course, is that ad hoc is an English idiom, meaning what it means in English, not Latin; while the phrases I suggested are simply that -- Latin phrases -- that …