extemporize
werkwoord
1 extemporize
Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.
synoniem: improvise.
Roget 612: flash on the mind. say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.
Roget 674: be unprepared etc. adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle etc. (render useless) 645; undress ... meer laten zien
2 extemporize
Perform without preparation:
— He extemporized a speech at the wedding.
synoniemen: ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize.
Nederlands: improviseren
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, cook up, dash off, do offhand, fake, go off half-cocked, have no plan, improvisate, improvise, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make up, play by ear, scrap the plan, strike off ... meer laten zien.
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