adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spontaneous combustion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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The formal procedure is seen as a substitute for a more spontaneous flow and nurture of ideas.
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Others manage better in a more spontaneous fashion.
■ NOUN
abortion
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A statement said there was a spontaneous abortion and the life support machine had now been turned off.
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Statistics do not distinguish between induced and spontaneous abortions .
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As a consequence, abnormally high rates of spontaneous abortions among women coffee-harvesters have been recorded.
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But how often is the mule's gestation cut short by spontaneous abortion ?
applause
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The congregation broke into spontaneous applause .
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Each presentation from the two subgroups was greeted by spontaneous applause .
combustion
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Indeed, the playing is quite riveting, creating a feeling of spontaneous combustion .
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A few cases of spontaneous combustion .
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Imagine the response of early humans to fire caused by volcanoes or spontaneous combustion .
generation
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Humans and other animals originally arose by spontaneous generation .
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Well, there is the theory of spontaneous generation - like worms in Lucretius.
reaction
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This was made perfectly clear by our spontaneous reaction one morning when it seemed that the game was finally up.
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Role play exercises based on authentic information-gap situations requiring spontaneous reaction .
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In other words, when a spontaneous reaction occurs at constant temperature and pressure, the free energy of the system decreases.
speech
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Ingram reported that for children with phonological disorders, imitation tasks lead to fewer errors compared to spontaneous speech .
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The spontaneous speech of such patients is often rambling.
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He suggests that whereas spontaneous speech invokes the child's own realisation rules, imitation does not.
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It is therefore necessary to consider other methods of analysing spontaneous speech samples.
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Pausing thus seems to be an integral part of spontaneous speech .
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So this element in documentary programmes is a good source of examples of authentic, spontaneous speech .
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This result suggests that unfilled pauses are necessary for planning spontaneous speech .
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More recent studies of pause patterns in spontaneous speech have studied the relationship between pauses and syntactic units.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an act of spontaneous generosity
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I'm trying to be more spontaneous .
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The crowd gave a spontaneous cheer when the news was announced.
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The group was greeted by spontaneous applause.
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The invitation was completely spontaneous .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Furthermore, once initiated, the combustion of methane gas at 25°C is very spontaneous .
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He suggests that whereas spontaneous speech invokes the child's own realisation rules, imitation does not.
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People believe that behaviour is best left to natural, spontaneous expression.
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The isotope U-235 is unstable, decaying by a process called spontaneous fission.
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The way he told the story, it sounded as if both happened with raw, spontaneous simultaneity.
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There were songs and testimonies, spontaneous sermons and exhortations, joyous shouts and prayers punctuated by sobs and tears.