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extemporize
ex·tem·po·rize E0294700 (ĭk-stĕm′pə-rīz′)v. ex·tem·po·rized, ex·tem·po·riz·ing, ex·tem·po·riz·es v.tr. To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice: extemporized an acceptance speech.v.intr. To perform an act or utter something in an impromptu manner; improvise: "[When] the house lights dimmed, she could no longer read what she had written and was forced to extemporize" (Dale Peterson).
[From extempore.]
ex·tem′po·ri·za′tion (-pər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.ex·tem′po·riz′er n.extemporize (ɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz) or extemporisevb1. to perform, speak, or compose (an act, speech, piece of music, etc) without planning or preparation2. to use (a temporary solution) for an immediate need; improvise exˌtemporiˈzation, exˌtemporiˈsation n exˈtempoˌrizer, exˈtempoˌriser nex•tem•po•rize (ɪkˈstɛm pəˌraɪz)
v. -rized, -riz•ing. v.i. 1. to speak extemporaneously. 2. to compose or perform extemporaneously. 3. to do something in a makeshift way. v.t. 4. to speak, perform, or devise extemporaneously. [1635–45] ex•tem′po•riz`er, n. extemporize
Past participle: extemporized
Gerund: extemporizing
| Imperative |
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| extemporize | | extemporize |
| Present |
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| I extemporize | | you extemporize | | he/she/it extemporizes | | we extemporize | | you extemporize | | they extemporize |
| Preterite |
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| I extemporized | | you extemporized | | he/she/it extemporized | | we extemporized | | you extemporized | | they extemporized |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am extemporizing | | you are extemporizing | | he/she/it is extemporizing | | we are extemporizing | | you are extemporizing | | they are extemporizing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have extemporized | | you have extemporized | | he/she/it has extemporized | | we have extemporized | | you have extemporized | | they have extemporized |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was extemporizing | | you were extemporizing | | he/she/it was extemporizing | | we were extemporizing | | you were extemporizing | | they were extemporizing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had extemporized | | you had extemporized | | he/she/it had extemporized | | we had extemporized | | you had extemporized | | they had extemporized |
| Future |
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| I will extemporize | | you will extemporize | | he/she/it will extemporize | | we will extemporize | | you will extemporize | | they will extemporize |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have extemporized | | you will have extemporized | | he/she/it will have extemporized | | we will have extemporized | | you will have extemporized | | they will have extemporized |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be extemporizing | | you will be extemporizing | | he/she/it will be extemporizing | | we will be extemporizing | | you will be extemporizing | | they will be extemporizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been extemporizing | | you have been extemporizing | | he/she/it has been extemporizing | | we have been extemporizing | | you have been extemporizing | | they have been extemporizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been extemporizing | | you will have been extemporizing | | he/she/it will have been extemporizing | | we will have been extemporizing | | you will have been extemporizing | | they will have been extemporizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been extemporizing | | you had been extemporizing | | he/she/it had been extemporizing | | we had been extemporizing | | you had been extemporizing | | they had been extemporizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would extemporize | | you would extemporize | | he/she/it would extemporize | | we would extemporize | | you would extemporize | | they would extemporize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have extemporized | | you would have extemporized | | he/she/it would have extemporized | | we would have extemporized | | you would have extemporized | | they would have extemporized |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | extemporize - manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"improviseget by, grapple, make do, cope, manage, contend, deal, make out - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" | | 2. | extemporize - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvizeperform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" |
extemporizeverbTo compose or recite without preparation:ad-lib, fake, improvise, make up.Idiom: wing it.Translationsextemporierenimproviserimprovvisareextemporize
Related to extemporize: extemporiseSynonyms for extemporizeverb to compose or recite without preparationSynonyms- ad-lib
- fake
- improvise
- make up
Synonyms for extemporizeverb manage in a makeshift waySynonymsRelated Words- get by
- grapple
- make do
- cope
- manage
- contend
- deal
- make out
verb perform without preparationSynonyms- ad-lib
- extemporise
- improvise
- improvize
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