Meaning

4 senses

  1. At pleasure.

    beliebig, nach Herzenslust, nach Belieben

    как уго́дноkak ugódno

  2. At will.

    beliebig

    по жела́ниюpo želániju

  3. As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.

    ско́лько уго́дноskólʹko ugódno

  4. Extemporaneously.

    improvisiert

    экспро́мтомeksprómtom

More definitions
  • without advance preparation

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Will you ad-lib?

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  2. What do you think of my ad libbing?

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  3. He forgot part of his speech and had to ad-lib for a while.

    deEr vergaß einen Teil seiner Rede und musste eine Weile improvisieren. — virgil

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  4. How's my ad libbing?

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
at pleasure:
at will:
as much as desired, without restriction:
extemporaneously:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
at pleasure:
extemporaneously:

Origin

Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.

Abbreviation of ad libitum, borrowed from New Latin ad libitum.

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Forms

more ad lib, most ad lib
Comparativemore ad lib Lesson
Superlativemost ad lib

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
a piacereex temporeextemporeimpromptuon the fly
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedad-libber

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
acuteB2acutelyC1adB1adageadamantadamantly

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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