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impromptu adverb /ɪmˈprɒmptjuː/ /ɪmˈprɑːmptuː/ jump to other results - without preparation or planning
- Roy came up and just started speaking impromptu.
impromptu adjective /ɪmˈprɒmptjuː/ /ɪmˈprɑːmptuː/ jump to other results - done without preparation or planning synonym improvised
- an impromptu speech
- They often held impromptu meetings in their house.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryImpromptu is used with these nouns: See full entry Word Originmid 17th cent. (as an adverb): from French, from Latin in promptu ‘in readiness’, from promptus ‘brought to light’, also ‘prepared, ready’, past participle of promere ‘to produce’, from pro- ‘out, forth’ + emere ‘take’.
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