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pro re nata
[ proh re nah-tah; English proh ree ney-tuh, rey ]
adverb
, Latin.
- for an unforeseen need or contingency.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pro re nata1
Literally, “for a thing born”
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Example Sentences
Antiquitatum Sueo-Gothicarum, cum huius aeui moribus, institutis ac ritibus indigenis pro re nata comparatarum libri tres.
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I wish you would consider them seriously, and separately, and recur to them again 'pro re nata' in similar cases.
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But it suits the Japanese admirably: they hop out at every other station—pro re nata—and occasionally get left behind.
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