extemporization

  • 51extemporize — (also extemporise) ► VERB ▪ improvise. DERIVATIVES extemporization noun …

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  • 52extemporize — [eks tem′pərīz΄, ik stem′pərīz΄] vi., vt. extemporized, extemporizing 1. to speak, perform, or compose extempore; improvise 2. to furnish or contrive (things) in a makeshift way to meet a pressing need extemporization n. extemporizer n …

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  • 53ad-lib — I noun remark made spontaneously without prior preparation his ad libs got him in trouble with the politicians • Hypernyms: ↑remark, ↑comment, ↑input II verb perform without preparation he extemporized a spee …

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  • 54extemporise — verb perform without preparation he extemporized a speech at the wedding • Syn: ↑improvise, ↑improvize, ↑ad lib, ↑extemporize • Derivationally related forms: ↑extemporisation, ↑extemporization …

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  • 55extemporize — v.tr. (also ise) (also absol.) compose or produce (music, a speech, etc.) without preparation; improvise. Derivatives: extemporization n …

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  • 56improvize — verb perform without preparation he extemporized a speech at the wedding • Syn: ↑improvise, ↑ad lib, ↑extemporize, ↑extemporise • Derivationally related forms: ↑extemporisation (for …

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  • 57ca|den|za — «kuh DEHN zuh», noun. a flourish or showy passage, often improvised, usually near the end of a section of a piece of music, such as an aria or a movement of a concerto. It precedes the actual cadence. »Miss Curcio treated her cadenza in No. 5… …

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