extemporize
extemporize · extemporizes · extemporized · extemporizing
импровизировать
extemporieren
To perform or speak without prior planning or thoughtTo perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
extemporieren
импровизи́роватьimprovizírovatʹ
perform without preparation
(transitive)To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to act, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to act, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought:
Forms
extemporizes, extemporizing, extemporized, extemporized| Base form | extemporize · to extemporize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | extemporizes |
| Present participle | extemporizing |
| Past simple | extemporized |
| Past participle | extemporized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonymsClose in meaning
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand:improvise
- perform without preparation:improviseimprovizead-libextemporise
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle