"extemporise" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /əkˈstɛmpəɹaɪz/ Audio: en-us-extemporise.ogg [US], en-au-extemporise.ogg [Australia] Forms: extemporises [present, singular, third-person], extemporising [participle, present], extemporised [participle, past], extemporised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} extemporise (third-person singular simple present extemporises, present participle extemporising, simple past and past participle extemporised)
  1. (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-extemporise-en-verb-3FWnoF8h
  2. (intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-extemporise-en-verb-REACK3mi
  3. (transitive) To make or create ex tempore. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-extemporise-en-verb-7PXuouE5
  4. (transitive, music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-extemporise-en-verb-B-o8C5HH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 5 17 49 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: extemporize [US] Related terms: extemporaneous, extemporaneously, extemporisation, extemporization, off the cuff, off the top of one's head

Inflected forms

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