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# cuocere
## Italian
### Alternative forms

* còce (Tuscan and central dialects)

### Etymology

From Late Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkwɔ.t͡ʃe.re/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtʃere
* Hyphenation: cuò‧ce‧re

### Verb

cuòcere (first-person singular present cuòcio, first-person singular past historic còssi, past participle còtto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
* (transitive, also figurative) to cook, to bake
* (intransitive, also figurative) to cook, to bake [auxiliary essere]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Transitive. $^2$Intransitive. $^3$Now rare.

#### Related terms

* biscuocere
* cucina (“kitchen; cooking, cookery, food”)
* cucinare
* cuocersi (“kitchen; to become baked”)
* cuocitore, cuocitrice
* cuoco, cuoca (“cook, chef”)
* scuocere (“to overcook, overdo”)

### References

* ↑ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 952: “cuocere la carne” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
# interoperate
## English
### Etymology

From inter- (“between, mutual”) +‎ operate (“work”).

### Verb

interoperate (third-person singular simple present interoperates, present participle interoperating, simple past and past participle interoperated)
* (intransitive, computing) To work reliably with another system.
    It took weeks to get the two email systems to interoperate.

#### Derived terms

* interop
* interoperability
* interoperable
* interoperation
* non-interoperable

#### Translations
## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

interoperate
* inflection of interoperare:
** second-person plural present indicative
** second-person plural imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

interoperate f pl
* feminine plural of interoperato

### Anagrams

* perentorietà

## Spanish
### Verb

interoperate
* second-person singular voseo imperative of interoperar combined with te
# venstre
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse vinstri, from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.

### Adjective

venstre
* left

#### Antonyms

* højre

#### Related terms

* en lige venstre
* med venstre hånd
* til højre
* til højre og venstre
* til venstre
* venstre om

### References

* “venstre” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse vinstri, from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.

### Adjective

venstre (indeclinable)
* left (opposite of right)

#### Antonyms

* høyre

#### Derived terms

* venstreside

### References

* “venstre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* vinstre

### Etymology

From Old Norse vinstri, from Proto-Germanic *winistraz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋɛns.trə/

### Adjective

venstre (singular and plural venstre, comparative meir venstre, superlative mest venstre)
* left
    Huset ligg på venstre sida.The house is on the left side.

#### Antonyms

* høgre

#### Derived terms

* venstreside

### References

* “venstre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
# Gruß
## German
### Alternative forms

* Gruss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein; reformed)

### Etymology

From Middle High German gruoȥ; compare Dutch groet. See German grüßen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʁuːs/
* Rhymes: -uːs
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Gruß m (strong, genitive Grußes, plural Grüße, diminutive Grüßchen n or Grüßlein n)
* greeting
* compliment
* salute

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Derived terms

* Abschiedsgruß (“farewell salute”)
* Augengruß (“raising the eyebrows in greeting”)
* begrüßen (“to greet”)
* deutscher Gruß (“Nazi salute”)
* englischer Gruß (“Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary”)
* Friedensgruß (“kiss of peace”)
* Gegengruß (“salute in return”)
* Gruß aus der Küche (“free appetizer”)
* Grüßaugust (“greeter”)
* grüßen (“to greet”)
* Grußform (“salutation”)
* Grußformel (“salutation”)
* Grußkarte
* grüßlich
* grußlos (“without a word of greeting”)
* Grußwort (“salutation”)
* Hamburger Gruß (“Hamburg salute”)
* Hitlergruß (“Nazi salute”)
* mfG (“abbreviation for mit freundlichen Grüßen”)
* mit sozialistischem Gruß
* Pfadfindergruß (“scouting salute”)
* Quenelle-Gruß (“quenelle”)
* schwäbischer Gruß (“Swabian salute”)
* serbischer Gruß (“Serbian three-finger salute”)
* Willkommensgruß (“welcome”)
* Zwei-Finger-Gruß (“two-finger salute”)

#### Descendants

* → German Low German: Griuß m (Paderbornisch)

### Further reading

* “Gruß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Gruß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Gruß” in Duden online
* Gruß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gruß”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
* “Gruß” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
# peekaboo
## English
### Alternative forms

* peek-a-boo

### Etymology

From peek +‎ -a- +‎ boo.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

peekaboo (uncountable)
* (games) A game for a small child in which one covers one's face, then suddenly reveals it, saying "Boo!" or "Peekaboo!".
    Synonym: peepbo

#### Translations
### Adjective

peekaboo (not comparable)
* (of clothing) With holes, slits or transparent fabric to reveal what is normally hidden.
    The model was wearing a peekaboo swimsuit.
* (boxing) Being or using a style of boxing with the hands kept close to the face to defend it.
    peekaboo boxing
    a peekaboo guard

#### Quotations

* 2011 January 13, Phil Vettel, “Chef of the Year: Anthomy Martin”, in Chicago Tribune, 164th year, number 13, section 5, page 4:Precise herbed-lamb packets amid art nouveau swirls of asparagus noodles, a lacy tuile that adds a peekaboo seductivity to potato gnocchi — [Anthony] Martin’s presentations are bold and beautiful, yet his flavor pairings are almost maddeningly subtle, driving overanalytical foodies to despair.

#### Derived terms

* peekaboo blouse
* peekaboo bra
* peekaboo card
* peekaboo dress
* peekaboo tank top
* peekaboo top

#### Translations
### Verb

peekaboo (third-person singular simple present peekaboos, present participle peekabooing, simple past and past participle peekabooed)
* (intransitive) To peep out.
** 2013, Stan Timmons, Ammon's Horn:A spike of white bone peekabooed through the flesh of his wrist and blood spurted.
** 2013, Marianne Harden, Malicious Mischief:“Mount Rainier has escaped the clouds.” I turned to the volcano peekabooing through the trees in the distance.

### Interjection

peekaboo
* Boo (when showing oneself unexpectedly).
    Synonyms: peep bo, peep-bo, peepbo, peepo
** 2021 September 2, Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil, “The Cloak of Duplication” (3:29 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows‎, season 3, episode 2, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):“The Sire is the oldest living vampire in the world.” “He's the vampire from which all other vampires have descended.” “All of them.” “Do not ever open this door.” “Peekaboo.” (growling)

### See also

* Picabo
# レストラン
## Japanese
### Etymology

From French restaurant, possibly via English restaurant.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) レストラン [réꜜsùtòràǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɾe̞sɨ̥to̞ɾã̠ɴ]

### Noun

レストラン • (resutoran)
* a restaurant
    あのレストランは良(い)い食(しょく)事(じ)を出(だ)す。
       Ano resutoran wa ii shokuji o dasu.
       That restaurant serves good meals.
** 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “世(せ)界(かい)名(めい)作(さく)童(どう)話(わ)第(だい)４(よん)巻(かん)　ヘンゼルとグレーテル [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 4: Hänsel and Gretel]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 189:
    レストランをひらいたら、大(おお)流行(はやり)だよ。
       Resutoran o hiraitara, ōhayari da yo.
       If you open a restaurant, it’s gonna be very popular.

#### Usage notes

This term is often used to refer more specifically to Western-style restaurants.

#### Synonyms

* 飲(いん)食(しょく)店(てん) (inshokuten)
* 料(りょう)理(り)店(てん) (ryōriten)
* (slang) 飯(めし)屋(や) (meshiya)

#### Derived terms

* レストランシアター (resutoran shiatā): a restaurant theater/theatre
* レストランハウス (resutoran hausu): a freestanding building, often in a park, used for receptions and dinners

#### See also

* Thesaurus:レストラン

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
# succedere
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin succēdere, from sub + cēdō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sutˈt͡ʃɛ.de.re/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdere
* Hyphenation: suc‧cè‧de‧re

### Verb

succèdere (first-person singular present succèdo, first-person singular past historic succèssi or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedétti or (ditto, traditional) succedètti, past participle succèsso or (more common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen") succedùto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]
* to take the place (of), to succeed (in an office) [with a]
    Synonym: subentrare
    Ad Augusto, primo imperatore romano, succedette Tiberio.Tiberius succeeded Augustus, the first Roman emperor.(literally, “To Augustus […] succeeded Tiberius.”)
* (obsolete) to fall heir to; to be inherited by (of property) [with a]
** […] non avea alcun erede, né a chi legittimamente succedesse il suo[he] had no heirs, nor anyone to righfully inherit his [property]
* to follow in order; to come after [with a]
    Synonym: seguire
    All'alba succede il tramonto.Sunset comes after sunrise.(literally, “To sunrise succeeds sunset.”)
* to be subsequent or consequent (to); to follow [with a]
    Synonym: susseguirsi
    A quelle parole successe un putiferio.A ruckus followed those words.(literally, “To those words succeeded a ruckus.”)
* (obsolete) to be able to, to manage to, to be successful in
    Synonym: riuscire
** Di ferir lui ¶ Non gli successe, ma del grande Acate ¶ Graffiò la coscia lievementeHe was not able to hurt him, but he lightly scratched the thigh of the great Achates
* to happen, to occur, to take place
    Synonyms: accadere, capitare
    Facciamolo succedere. ― Let's make that happen.

#### Usage notes

* In the meaning "to happen, occur", the verb can only take successi as the past historic form and successo as the past participle form.
* In the meaning "to succeed (someone in an office)", the verb normally takes succedetti as the remote past form and succeduto as the past participle form.

#### Conjugation

$^1$More common in the sense "to succeed (someone in an office)"; not in the sense "to happen". $^2$Traditional.

#### Related terms

* succedersi
* succeditore
* succesibile
* successione
* successivo
* successo
* successore

### Further reading

* succedere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* succedere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Verb

succēdēre
* second-person singular future passive indicative of succēdō

### Verb

succēdere
* inflection of succēdō:
** present active infinitive
** second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suk.ˈt͡ʃe.de.re/
* Rhymes: -edere
* Hyphenation: suc‧ce‧de‧re

### Noun

succedere f (plural succederi)
* Alternative form of succedare
# Lithium
## English
### Etymology

From one of the place's two natural mineral springs containing lithium salts.

### Proper noun

Lithium
* An inactive village in Perry County, Missouri.

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”) as this element was the first alkali metal to be found in stones instead of plants.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈliːti̯ʊm], [ˈliːt͡si̯ʊm]
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Lithium n (strong, genitive Lithiums, no plural)
* lithium; the chemical element and lightest alkali metal with the atomic number 3
    Lithiumbatterie ― lithium battery
    Lithiumion ― lithium ion

#### Hypernyms

* Alkalimetall n
* chemisches Element n
* Metall n

#### Derived terms

* Lithiumbatterie f
* Lithiumion n
* Lithiumperchlorat n
* Lithiumphosphat n
* Lithiumsalz n
* Lithiumstearat n
* Lithiumsulfat n
* Lithiumtetraborat n
* Lithiumtritid n

### Further reading

* “Lithium” in Duden online
* “Lithium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Luxembourgish
### Noun

Lithium ? (uncountable)
* lithium
# Taxi
## German
### Alternative forms

* Taxe f (colloquial, dated)

### Etymology

20th century, from French taxi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaksi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Taxi n or (Switzerland, but rare) m (strong, genitive Taxis, plural Taxis or Taxen)
* taxi, cab

#### Derived terms

* Anruf-Sammeltaxi
* Frauentaxi
* Funktaxi
* Lufttaxi
* Sammeltaxi
* Wassertaxi

### Further reading

* “Taxi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Taxi” in Duden online
* Taxi on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰaksi/

### Noun

Taxi m (plural Taxis)
* taxi

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary
# incubare
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin incubāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /in.kuˈba.re/
* Rhymes: -are
* Hyphenation: in‧cu‧bà‧re

### Verb

incubàre (first-person singular present incùbo or (Latinized pronunciation, less-preferred) ìncubo, first-person singular past historic incubài, past participle incubàto, auxiliary avére)
* (transitive) to incubate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Latinized pronunciation, less-preferred.

#### Related terms

* incubatoio
* incubatore
* incubatrice
* incubazione
* incubo

### Anagrams

* incuberà

## Latin
### Verb

incubāre
* present active infinitive of incubō

### References

* “incubare”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Romanian
### Etymology

From incuba +‎ -re.

### Noun

incubare f (plural incubări)
* incubation

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Verb

incubare
* first/third-person singular future subjunctive of incubar
# curie
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

curie (plural curies)
* 3.7×10$^{10}$ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.

#### Derived terms

* curietherapy
* kilocurie
* megacurie
* microcurie
* millicurie
* multicurie
* nanocurie
* picocurie

#### Translations
### Further reading

* curie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Euric, urcei, ureic

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوری (korı, koru).

### Noun

curíe f (plural curii)
* grove, little forest

### References

* Поленаковиќ, Харалампие (2007) “413. CURÍE sb. f. pl. curiǐ”, in Зузана Тополињска, Петар Атанасов, editors, Турските елементи во ароманскиот [Turskite elementi vo aromanskiot]‎, put into Macedonian from the author’s Serbo-Croatian Turski elementi u aromunskom dijalektu (1939, unpublished) by Веселинка Лаброска, Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите [Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite], →ISBN, page 105

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ky.ʁi/

### Etymology 1

From Latin curia.

#### Noun

curie f (plural curies)
* curia (all meanings)

### Etymology 2

From Curie; Named after Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906), physicist.

#### Noun

curie m (plural curies)
* curie

##### Derived terms

* curiethérapie

### Further reading

* “curie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* cuire, cuiré

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

curie f
* plural of curia

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

curie m (invariable)
* curie (unit of measure)

## Portuguese
### Verb

curie
* inflection of curiar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French curie.

### Noun

curie m (uncountable)
* curia

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

curie m (plural curies)
* curie
    Synonym: curio

### Further reading

* “curie”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# šuo
## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kwṓ (“dog”); compare Latvian suns, Old Prussian sunis (“dog”), Proto-Slavic *sùka (“bitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Cognate to Armenian շուն (šun), Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́), Latin canis, Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃuə/

### Noun

šuõ m (plural šùnys, feminine kalė̃) stress pattern 4
* dog (domestic or Canis spp.)
* (vulgar) a detestable, unpleasant person; bastard

#### Derived terms

* bandšunis
* šunadvokatis m, šunadvokatė f
* šunakis m, šunakys m, šunakė f
* šunažolė, šunžolė
* šunbajoris m, šunbajorė f
* šunbeždžionė
* šunbiržė
* šunburnis m, šunburnė f
* šundaktaris m, šundaktarė f
* šuneika
* šunena
* šunėkas
* šungalvis m, šungalvė f
* šungarstė
* šungaudys m, šungaudė f
* šungrybis
* šunidė
* šuniena
* šunija, šunauja
* šunininkas m, šunininkė f
* šuninis
* šuniškas
* šuniukas
* šuniuoti, šuniuotis
* šunybė
* šunynas
* šunystė
* šunkara c, šunkarys m, šunkarė f
* šunkelis, šuntakis
* šunkojis
* šunlielė, šunlaiškis
* šunlupa c, šunlupys m, šunlupė f
* šunmazgiais
* šunmazgis
* šunmėtė
* šunobelė
* šunpetrė
* šunponis
* šunramunė
* šunramunis
* šunsnukis m, šunsnukė f
* šunuodegis m, šunuodegis f
* šunvyšnė
* šunvotė
* vilkšunis

#### See also

* šou, šova (Samogitian)
* šuva (Aukštatian dialectal)
* šunbaravykis

### Anagrams

* šou
# duck soup
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

duck soup (usually uncountable, plural duck soups)
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see duck,‎ soup.
* (slang, idiomatic) Something which is easy; a piece of cake.

#### Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:easy thing
* breeze
* cakewalk
* cinch
* doddle
* piece of cake
* walk in the park
* walkover
# finden
## Dutch Low Saxon
### Etymology

From Middle Low German vinden, from Old Saxon findan.

### Verb

finden
* to find

## Galician
### Verb

finden
* inflection of findar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German vinden, from Old High German findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną. Cognate with Bavarian findn, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, English find, Danish finde.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɪndn̩], [ˈfɪndən]
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪndn̩
* Hyphenation: fin‧den

### Verb

finden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present findet, past tense fand, past participle gefunden, past subjunctive fände, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive) to find; to discover
    Ich habe deine Schlüssel gefunden.I found your keys.
* (transitive) to think, to consider, to find [with accusative ‘someone/something’, along with predicate adjective or accusative noun ‘to be a certain way’]
    Findest du mich interessant?Do you find me interesting?
* (intransitive) to find one's way
    Er hat nicht mehr nach Hause gefunden.He couldn't find his way home anymore.
* (reflexive) to be found, can be found
    Früher oder später findet sich bestimmt eine Lösung.I'm sure a solution can be found sooner or later.

#### Conjugation

$^1$This form and alternative in würde both found.
* 1st ps. sg. indicative present active also: find', find

#### Derived terms

* abfinden
* anfinden
* auffinden
* ausfinden
* befinden
* einfinden
* empfinden
* erfinden
* heimfinden
* herausfinden
* herfinden
* hinausfinden
* hinfinden
* rausfinden
* stattfinden
* vorfinden
* wiederfinden
* zueinanderfinden
* zurechtfinden
* zurückfinden
* zusammenfinden

### Further reading

* “finden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “finden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “finden” in Duden online
* “finden” in OpenThesaurus.de

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan (with levelled Verner's Law alternations).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiːndən/, /ˈfindən/

### Verb

finden (third-person singular simple present findeth, present participle findende, findynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative fand, past participle founden)
* (transitive) to find; to discover

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) finden, finde | (to) finden, finde |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | finde | fand, found |
| 2nd-person singular | findest, finst | founde, fande, fand, found |
| 3rd-person singular | findeth, fint | fand, found |
| subjunctive singular | finde | founde$^1$, fande$^1$ |
| imperative singular | finde | — |
| plural$^2$ | finden, finde | founden, founde, fanden, fande |
| imperative plural | findeth, finde | — |
| participles | findynge, findende | founden, founde, yfounden, yfounde |
$^1$Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English. $^2$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: find
* Scots: find, fynd
# extemporize
## English
### Alternative forms

* extemporise (mostly Commonwealth)

### Verb

extemporize (third-person singular simple present extemporizes, present participle extemporizing, simple past and past participle extemporized)
* (intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
** 1881, George MacDonald, chapter 35, in Mary Marston:"Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?"
** 2009 March 5, Peter Baker, “The (very) scripted president”, in New York Times, retrieved 8 November 2011:But while some of his predecessors liked to extemporize, Obama prefers the message to be just so.
* (transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
** 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 10, in The Marble Faun:As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes.
** 1879, Samuel Butler, chapter 5, in Evolution, Old & New:The small jelly-speck, which we call the amoeba, has no organs save what it can extemporize as occasion arises.
** 1906, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part Second, Act Third:The wine runs into pitchers, washing-basins, shards, chamber- vessels, and other extemporized receptacles.
** 2003 August 25, Emily Eakin, “How King Shaped The Dream”, in New York Times, retrieved 8 November 2011:His most famous words — "I have a dream" — were extemporized.

#### Synonyms

* (intransitive): improvise, think on one's feet
* (transitive): devise, improvise

#### Derived terms

* extemporizer

#### Related terms

* extemporaneous
* extempore
* extemporization, extemporisation

#### See also

* play it by ear
* off the cuff
* off the top of one's head