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English verb: extemporize | |||
| 1. | extemporize (social) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | ||
| Samples | After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks. | ||
| Synonyms | improvise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | ||
| 2. | extemporize (creation) perform without preparation | ||
| Samples | He extemporized a speech at the wedding. | ||
| Synonyms | ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do, execute, perform | ||
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