1 not planned but done because you suddenly want to do it:
a spontaneous offer of help * The audience burst into spontaneous applause.
2 (of a person) often doing things without planning to, because they suddenly want to do them
3 (technical) happening naturally, without being made to happen:
spontaneous remission of the disease * a spontaneous abortion (= a MISCARRIAGE)
4 done naturally, without being forced or practised:
a tape recording of spontaneous speech * a wonderfully spontaneous performance of the piece
spontaneously adverb:
We spontaneously started to dance. * The bleeding often stops spontaneously.
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