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Definition of extemporize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  1. 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.
See extemporize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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