English-Thai Dictionary

extempore

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ได้ ตระเตรียม มา ก่อน  extemporaneous offhand sueng-mai-dai-tra-triam-ma-kon

 

extempore

ADV อย่าง ไม่ได้ เตรียม มา ก่อน  extemporaneously offhand yang-mai-dai-tra-triam-ma-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTEMPORE

adv. extem'pory. [L. abl.] 1. Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; suddenly; as, to write or speak extempore.
2. It is used as an adjective, improperly, at least without necessity; as an extempore dissertation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTEMPORE

Ex *tem "po *re, adv. Etym: [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See Temporal. ]

 

Defn: Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. -- a.

 

Defn: Done or performed extempore. "Extempore dissertation. " Addison. "Extempore poetry. " Dryden. -- n.

 

Defn: Speaking or writing done extempore. [Obs. ] Bp. Fell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extempore

ex tem po re |ikˈstempərē ɛkˈstɛmpəri | ▶adjective & adverb spoken or done without preparation: [ as adj. ] : extempore public speaking | [ as adv. ] : he recited the poem extempore. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ex tempore ‘on the spur of the moment ’ (literally ‘out of the time ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

extempore

extempore |ɪkˈstɛmp (ə )ri, ɛk- | ▶adjective & adverb spoken or done without preparation: [ as adj. ] : extempore public speaking | [ as adv. ] : he recited the poem extempore. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ex tempore ‘on the spur of the moment ’ (literally ‘out of the time ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extempore

extempore adjective an extempore speech: impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib, extemporary, extemporaneous; improvised, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, off the top of one's head; informal off-the-cuff; formal ad libitum. ANTONYMS rehearsed. ▶adverb he was speaking extempore: spontaneously, extemporaneously, ad lib, without preparation, without rehearsal, off the top of one's head; informal off the cuff; formal ad libitum.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extempore

extempore adjective an extempore speech: impromptu, spontaneous, unscripted, ad lib; on-the-spot, extemporary, extemporaneous; improvised, improvisatory, unrehearsed, unplanned, unprepared, unarranged, unpremeditated; makeshift, thrown together, cobbled together, rough and ready; Latin ad libitum; informal off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment, off the top of one's head. ANTONYMS rehearsed, planned. ▶adverb he was speaking extempore: spontaneously, extemporaneously, ad lib; on the spot, unpremeditatedly, without preparation, without rehearsal, without planning; Latin ad libitum; informal off the cuff, on the spur of the moment, off the top of one's head, just like that, at the drop of a hat. ANTONYMS from notes, with preparation.

 

Duden Dictionary

Extempore

Ex tem po re Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Ext e mpore |a improvisierte Einlage [auf der Bühne ]b Stegreifspiel, Stegreifrede

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extempore

ex tem po re /ɪkstémp (ə )ri /形容詞 副詞 即席の [で ]; 即興的な [に ]; 原稿なしの [に ]▸ speak extempore 即席に [原稿なしで ]演説する