adj
Meaning 1
Carried out with no preparation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extemporaneous, extemporal, impromptu
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
extempore
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛkˈstɛmpəɹi/
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adv
Meaning 2
Without preparation; extemporaneously.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Something improvised.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
with little or no preparation or forethought
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
- an extemporaneous piano recital
- an extemporary lecture
- an extempore skit
- an impromptu speech
- offhand excuses
- trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
- an off-the-cuff toast
- a few unrehearsed comments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
without prior preparation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he spoke extemporaneously
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extemporaneously, extemporarily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: onvoorbereid — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Dutch: geïmproviseerd — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- French: extemporané — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Italian: improvvisato — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Māori: tene — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Māori: mahia noa iho — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Polish: improwizowany — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Polish: impromptu — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Russian: импровизированный (improvizirovannyj) — carried out with no preparation; impromptu
- Dutch: à l'improviste — without preparation; extemporaneously
- Dutch: voor de vuist weg — without preparation; extemporaneously
- Dutch: onvoorbereid — without preparation; extemporaneously
- French: extemporanément — without preparation; extemporaneously
- Polish: impromptu — without preparation; extemporaneously
- Russian: импровизированно (improvizirovanno) — without preparation; extemporaneously
- Dutch: improvisatie — Something improvised
- Polish: improwizacja — Something improvised
- Russian: импровиза́ция (improvizácija) — Something improvised