pro re nata

[ proh re nah-tah; English proh ree ney-tuh, rey ]

adverb

, Latin.

1. for an unforeseen need or contingency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pro re nata¹

Literally, “for a thing born”

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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