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on-the-spot

on-the-spot
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee spot]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði spɒt/
    • /ɒn ðə spɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [on, awn stressed th ee spot]
    • /ɒn, ɔn stressed ði spɒt/

Definitions of on-the-spot word

  • adjective on-the-spot done or occurring at the time or place in question: an on-the-spot recording. 1
  • adjective on-the-spot On-the-spot things are done at the place that you are in at the time that you are there. 0
  • phrase on-the-spot If you are on the spot, you are at the actual place where something is happening. 0
  • phrase on-the-spot If you do something on the spot, you do it immediately. 0
  • noun on-the-spot immediately 0
  • noun on-the-spot at the place in question 0

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Origin of on-the-spot

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for On-the-spot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

on-the-spot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for on-the-spot

adj on-the-spot

  • autoschediastic — offhand, with little forethought or preparation
  • by ear — without reading from written music
  • improv — improvisation.
  • improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
  • in view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.

adv on-the-spot

  • here — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
  • hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
  • hitherto — up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.

adverb on-the-spot

  • attendant — An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a petrol station, a car park, or a cloakroom.
  • attending — having primary responsibility for a patient.
  • available — If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.

adjective on-the-spot

  • extemporaneous — Spoken or done without preparation.
  • extemporary — Extemporaneous.
  • improviso — (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
  • jamming — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.

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