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EXTEMPORISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extemporise mean?
• EXTEMPORISE (verb)
The verb EXTEMPORISE has 1 sense:
1. perform without preparation
Familiarity information: EXTEMPORISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform without preparation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
ad-lib; extemporise; extemporize; improvise; improvize
Context example:
he extemporized a speech at the wedding
Hypernyms (to "extemporise" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
extemporisation (a performance given extempore without planning or preparation)
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