extemporize
verb /ɪkˈstempəraɪz/
/ɪkˈstempəraɪz/
(British English also extemporise)
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they extemporize | /ɪkˈstempəraɪz/ /ɪkˈstempəraɪz/ |
| he / she / it extemporizes | /ɪkˈstempəraɪzɪz/ /ɪkˈstempəraɪzɪz/ |
| past simple extemporized | /ɪkˈstempəraɪzd/ /ɪkˈstempəraɪzd/ |
| past participle extemporized | /ɪkˈstempəraɪzd/ /ɪkˈstempəraɪzd/ |
| -ing form extemporizing | /ɪkˈstempəraɪzɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstempəraɪzɪŋ/ |
- to speak or perform without preparing or practising synonym improvise
- She extemporized at the piano.
- extemporize something The King then asked Bach to extemporize a six-part fugue.