Meaning of IMPROMPTU
| Pronunciation: | | im'prâmptoo
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- [n] an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"
- [n] a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- [adv] without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"
- [adj] in response to an unforeseen need; "an impromptu speech"; "a spur-of-the-moment party"
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| | Synonyms: | | ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared |
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| | See Also: | | address, musical passage, passage, speech | |
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\Im*promp"tu\, adv. or a. [F. impromptu, fr. L. in
promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility,
readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See {Prompt}.]
Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore;
as, an impromptu verse.
\Im*promp"tu\, n.
1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without
previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or
remark.
2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a
composition in the style of an extempore piece.
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| | Related Terms: | | ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, ad-libbing, arrangement, at short notice, at sight, by ear, cadenza, caught napping, caught off balance, caught short, extemporaneous, extemporaneously, extemporaneousness, extemporarily, extemporariness, extemporary, extempore, extemporization, extemporized, flourish, haphazard, hasty, hot lick, improvisation, improvisatorial, improvise, improvised, improvision, improviso, interpolation, jury-rig, jury-rigged, lick, makeshift, measure, off the cuff, off the hip, offhand, off-the-cuff, on sight, out of hand, playing by ear, precipitate, pro tempore, quick, riff, rough-and-ready, snap, stopgap, surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares, temporary arrangement, temporary measure, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted, uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised, unhatched, unmade, unmanufactured, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unprimed, unready, unrehearsed, unstudied, vamp |
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