Extemporary - English meaning

noun

A salad made of lettuce, chicken, bacon (= thin slices of preserved meat from a pig), blue cheese (= a cheese with a strong flavour that has thin blue lines of mould going through it), avocado, tomato, and cooked egg, all arranged in lines on the plate with a dressing (= a cold sauce) of oil and vinegar

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This easy cobb salad is healthy and delicious., i’ve only ever eaten a proper cobb salad on a trip …

adjective

Spoken or done without preparation.

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An extemporaneous speech

adjective

Done or said without preparation

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He made some extemporaneous remarks before the award ceremony.

adjective

Spoken or done without preparation.

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An extempore speech

adverb

Without preparation.

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He recited the poem extempore

adjective

Done or said without any preparation or thought

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An extempore performance, at the audition, the actors were asked to perform extempore.

adjective

Done without being planned, organized, or rehearsed.

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An impromptu press conference

adverb

Without being planned, organized, or rehearsed.

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He spoke impromptu

noun

A short piece of instrumental music, especially a solo, that is reminiscent of an improvisation.

adjective

Created and performed spontaneously or without preparation.

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A film shot in a highly improvisatory style

adjective

Created and performed spontaneously or without preparation; impromptu.

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An improvised short speech

verb

Create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation.

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He invited actors to improvise dialogue

verb

Past simple and past participle of improvise

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I hadn't prepared a speech so i suddenly had to improvise., we improvised a mattress from a pile of…

adjective

Acting as an interim and temporary measure.

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Arranging a row of chairs to form a makeshift bed

noun

A temporary substitute or device.

Usage examples:

We're looking at a matchup between makeshifts on saturday.

phrase

Without any delay; immediately.

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He offered me the job on the spot

phrase

At the scene of an event.

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Journalists on the spot reported no progress

phrase

(with reference to an action) performed without moving from one's original position.

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Running on the spot

adjective

Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

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The audience broke into spontaneous applause

Said or done without having been planned in advance

adjective

Happening naturally, without planning or encouragement

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A spontaneous performance, spontaneous affection, the children spontaneously gave us hugs and kisses.

adjective

Not placed in a neat, attractive, or required order.

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She threw a bonnet over her unarranged hair

adjective

Not planned.

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An unplanned pregnancy

adjective

Not planned or expected

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An unplanned pregnancy

adjective

(of an act, remark, or state) not thought out or planned beforehand.

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It was a totally unpremeditated attack

adjective

(especially of a crime or something unpleasant) done without being planned

adjective

Not ready or able to deal with something.

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She was totally unprepared for what happened next

adjective

Not ready

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He was completely/totally unprepared for what he saw.

adjective

Not practised before a performance.

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Spontaneous and unrehearsed music

adjective

Not practised or planned

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The interviews appear to be unrehearsed., he was forced to defend his policies in public and to ans…

adjective

Said or delivered without a prepared script; impromptu.

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He is once again stirring up controversy over his unscripted remarks

adjective

An unscripted speech or broadcast has not been written before it is made.