extempore

  • 11extempore — adjective spoken or done without any preparation or practice: an extempore speech extempore adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12extempore — 1. adjective an extempore speech Syn: impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib, extemporary, extemporaneous; improvised, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, off the top of one s head; informal off the cuff; formal ad libitum Ant: rehearsed 2.… …

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  • 13extempore — [16] An extempore speech is one that is given literally ‘out of time’ – that is, ‘on the spur of the moment’. That was the meaning of the Latin phrase extempore (ex ‘out of’ and tempore, the ablative case of tempus ‘time’), which was the source… …

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  • 14extempore — adverb or adjective Etymology: Latin ex tempore, from ex + tempore, ablative of tempus time Date: circa 1553 in an extemporaneous manner < speaking extempore > …

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  • 15extempore — extemporary, extempore *extemporaneous, improvised, impromptu, offhand, unpremeditated Analogous words: & Contrasted words: see those at EXTEMPORANEOUS …

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  • 16extempore — /əkˈstɛmpəri / (say uhk stempuhree), /ɛk / (say ek ) adverb 1. on the spur of the moment; without premeditation or preparation; offhand. 2. without notes: to speak extempore. 3. (of musical performance) by improvisation. –adjective 4.&#8230; …

  • 17extempore, impromptu —  Although both words describe unrehearsed remarks or performances, their meanings are slightly different in that impromptu can apply only to acts that are improvised at the time of performance, whereas extempore suggests only that the actions&#8230; …

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  • 18extempore, impromptu —    Although both words describe unrehearsed remarks or performances, their meanings are slightly different, in that impromptu can apply only to acts that are improvised at the time of performance, whereas extempore suggests only that the actions&#8230; …

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  • 19extempore, impromptu —    Although both words describe unrehearsed remarks or performances, their meanings are slightly different, in that impromptu can apply only to acts that are improvised at the time of performance, whereas extempore suggests only that the actions&#8230; …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 20Extempore — Ex tempore (latin „out of the moment“) describes action offhand without following a script, especially with speech and stage acting. Sometines the term is used for prepared issues, which are not written to the official hand out version of a text&#8230; …

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