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extempore |
extemporiness |
extemporisation |
extemporise |
extemporization |
extemporize
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| extend
| extend oneself
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extemporize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb extemporize has 2 senses
- extemporize(v = verb.social) improvise - manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" is one way to contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
- extemporize(v = verb.creation) ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" is one way to do, execute, perform
Sample sentence:
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Derived form noun extemporization1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
extemporize, v. i.
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address. [1913 Webster]
extemporize, v. t.
To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. [1913 Webster]
"Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done."
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"Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech"
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
extemporize, v.tr. (also -ise) (also absol.) compose or produce (music, a speech, etc.) without preparation; improvise.
Derivative
extemporization n.
THESAURUS
extemporize
ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, cook up, dash off, do offhand, fake, go off half-cocked, have no plan, improvisate, improvise, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make up, play by ear, scrap the plan, strike off, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing itROGET THESAURUS
extemporize
Impulse
VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.Nonpreparation
VB be unprepared, want preparation, lack preparation, lie fallow, s'embarquer sans biscuits, live from hand to mouth, dismantle, undress, extemporize, improvise, ad lib.
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