extemporize C2 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz/ UK /ɪkˈstɛmpəraɪz/ See IPA manual Freq #216157 Meanings 1 verb perform without preparation They extemporized a speech at the wedding. 2 verb To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?" 3 verb To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · perform without preparation ad-lib More deviseimprovise Word family Forms extemporised Derived forms extemporizer Related forms extemporaneousextemporeextemporisationextemporizationtemporalizetemporize Etymology From extempore + -ize. Topics Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # extemporize **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstɛmpəˌraɪz/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstɛmpəraɪz/ **Frequency rank:** 216157 ## Meanings 1. perform without preparation 2. To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. 3. To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. ## Examples - They extemporized a speech at the wedding. - "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?" - As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes. ## Synonyms - devise - improvise ## Derived Forms - extemporizer ## Related Forms - extemporaneous - extempore - extemporisation - extemporization - temporalize - temporize ## Etymology From extempore + -ize. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown