Extemporize
verb
To make, do, or prepare something immediately, without planning advance or rehearsal.
Without a script, he had to extemporize his speech at the event.
Often appears as...
- extemporize a speech
- extemporize a performance
verb
To perform music or speak in public without previous preparation or a written composition.
The jazz band loved to extemporize during their live performances.
Often appears as...
- extemporize a concert
- extemporize a jam
verb
To draw investment or other financial plans without proper provisioning or foresight.
Given the market volatility, he decided to extemporize his investment strategy.
Often appears as...
- extemporize an investment
- extemporize a budget
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Technical
verb
To make, do, or prepare something immediately, without planning advance or rehearsal.
Without a script, he had to extemporize his speech at the event.
Often appears as...
- extemporize a speech
- extemporize a performance
verb
To perform music or speak in public without previous preparation or a written composition.
The jazz band loved to extemporize during their live performances.
Often appears as...
- extemporize a concert
- extemporize a jam
verb
To draw investment or other financial plans without proper provisioning or foresight.
Given the market volatility, he decided to extemporize his investment strategy.
Often appears as...
- extemporize an investment
- extemporize a budget
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Unprepared Speech
Use 'extemporize' when someone speaks publicly without notes or preparation.
The CEO had to extemporize his address when his notes were misplaced.
Pro Tip 2/3Creative Challenge
'Extemporize' often highlights a person's ability to think and create spontaneously.
She had to extemporize dinner with the few ingredients left in the fridge.
Pro Tip 3/3Pressure Response
'Extemporize' is used when an unexpected situation forces an immediate reaction.
Stuck in the elevator, he had to extemporize a way to calm the others.
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Video examples
Cradle to cradle design...
but that was extemporaneous, obviously. The fundamental issue is that, for me, design is the first signal of human intentions. So what are our intentions, and what would our intentions be -- if we wake up in the morning, we have designs on the world -- well, what would our intention be as a species
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How Hip Hop taught my...
share an extemporaneous freestyle or newly written ideas over a beat the goal is to exhibit mastery lyrical and rhetorical dexterity sometimes using the African diasporic tradition of signifying so every semester for some years now I've taught these fundamental
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Photographer Danny Lyon...
universe we think so I'm going to read to you which is I think a terrible experience and I'm not good at speaking Julian is a great speaker but he wouldn't read this and so I wanted to start with it with a extemporaneous story so this morning I went to film
Video examples
Cradle to cradle design...
but that was extemporaneous, obviously. The fundamental issue is that, for me, design is the first signal of human intentions. So what are our intentions, and what would our intentions be -- if we wake up in the morning, we have designs on the world -- well, what would our intention be as a species
Video examples
How Hip Hop taught my...
share an extemporaneous freestyle or newly written ideas over a beat the goal is to exhibit mastery lyrical and rhetorical dexterity sometimes using the African diasporic tradition of signifying so every semester for some years now I've taught these fundamental
Video examples
Photographer Danny Lyon...
universe we think so I'm going to read to you which is I think a terrible experience and I'm not good at speaking Julian is a great speaker but he wouldn't read this and so I wanted to start with it with a extemporaneous story so this morning I went to film
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Nigel Lythgoe
English Director
So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit of classical in there. I mean, a true contemporary dancer has got ballet as their base and classical ballet, and that is their base. And then they choose to extemporize on that and go into a contemporary world.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
American Politician
I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous speaker that I have ever known.
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Waite Hoyt
American Athlete
When I joined WKRC, they were very concerned over my ability to ad lib or speak extemporaneously, which was an unknown factor up until that point.
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Anna D. Shapiro
American Director
I consider myself a pretty good extemporaneous speaker. Even though I don't like speaking in front of people, I don't think I'm bad at it.
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Annie Baker
American Playwright
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.
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Ryan Holiday
American Author
The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth.
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Annie Baker
American Playwright
I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
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Nigel Lythgoe
English Director
So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit of classical in there. I mean, a true contemporary dancer has got ballet as their base and classical ballet, and that is their base. And then they choose to extemporize on that and go into a contemporary world.
Quote examples
H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
American Politician
I cannot write a speech. The pen is an extinguisher upon my mind and a torture to my nerves. I am the most habitual extemporaneous speaker that I have ever known.
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Waite Hoyt
American Athlete
When I joined WKRC, they were very concerned over my ability to ad lib or speak extemporaneously, which was an unknown factor up until that point.
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Anna D. Shapiro
American Director
I consider myself a pretty good extemporaneous speaker. Even though I don't like speaking in front of people, I don't think I'm bad at it.
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Annie Baker
American Playwright
I don't enjoy hearing the sound of my voice. The most important things for me are impossible to articulate extemporaneously.
Quote examples
Ryan Holiday
American Author
The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth.
Quote examples
Annie Baker
American Playwright
I'm terrible at speaking extemporaneously about my work - I get completely tongue-tied and consumed with fear.
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