IMPROMPTU
\ɪmpɹˈɒmptuː], \ɪmpɹˈɒmptuː], \ɪ_m_p_ɹ_ˈɒ_m_p_t_uː]\
Definitions of IMPROMPTU
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
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a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
By Princeton University
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without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
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a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
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Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.
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A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.
By Oddity Software
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Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
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Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark.
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A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Prompt, ready: off-hand.
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A short witty saying expressed at the moment: any composition produced at the moment.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Extempore; offhand.
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A short composition produced on the spur of the moment-generally something witty.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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