extemporize
to speak extemporaneously: He can extemporize on any of a number of subjects.
to sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as one proceeds; improvise.
to do or manage something in a makeshift way.
to make or devise extempore.
Music. to compose offhand; improvise.
Origin of extemporize
1- Also especially British, ex·tem·po·rise .
Other words from extemporize
- ex·tem·po·ri·za·tion, noun
- ex·tem·po·riz·er, noun
Words Nearby extemporize
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How to use extemporize in a sentence
The small jelly-speck, which we call the amœba, has no organs save what it can extemporize as occasion arises.
Evolution, Old & New | Samuel ButlerIf you extemporize you can get much closer to your audience.
The Art of Public Speaking | Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg EsenweinI have known but one other person besides Hook, who could extemporize in English; and he wanted the confidence to do it in public.
Yet another use, on which much ingenuity was expended in the 18th century, is to extemporize retrenchments.
My saddle, a hunting one, could not be kept in place, and we had to extemporize a breast-plate with string.
At the Court of the Amr | John Alfred Gray
British Dictionary definitions for extemporize
extemporise
/ (ɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz) /
to perform, speak, or compose (an act, speech, piece of music, etc) without planning or preparation
to use (a temporary solution) for an immediate need; improvise
Derived forms of extemporize
- extemporization or extemporisation, noun
- extemporizer or extemporiser, noun
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