impromptu
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6.3
- adjective
- /ɪmˈprɑmptu/
:
improvisado
- During our picnic, we decided to have an impromptu game of frisbee.
- an impromptu discussion
- an impromptu performance
- an impromptu conference
Kenzie and I were taking a little impromptu road trip up to LA.
- Kenzie and I were taking a little impromptu road trip up to LA.
- All about the impromptu dance parties, just bring DMX.
- So during that month of impromptu speaking, the teacher would give you a a subject.
- The operating table, or was it a bed, held me during the impromptu cardio echocardiogram.
- Hey guys, so today's video is going to be a quick impromptu last minute video.
- Anyways, I'm going through my closet and doing an impromptu closet clean out.
- They perform it together and it's really impromptu, right.
- So this idea literally came from an impromptu hunch that a single individual had.
Examples
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This leaves me to judge you purely on your impromptu performance, which, if honest, was brilliant.
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- I say... an impromptu party tonight, my house.
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I thought, all right, we're going to make an impromptu book video.
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So here we are, impromptu, live on stage.
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- We're having an impromptu play date.
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I had no idea how effective this impromptu challenge would prove to be.
Academic text (2014) -
Okay, so I'm having a little impromptu thing with some people at my apartment.
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Kenzie and I were taking a little impromptu road trip up to LA.
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Welcome to an impromptu episode of Honest Answers that I'm calling WTF is going on over there?
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STU: And to celebrate this impromptu fall break, I propose we have a party.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
187
4.2
Happening naturally without planning or outside cause
50
2.5
Happening by chance and not planned
25
3.5
Happening by chance without getting ready first
13
5.3
Not planned in writing and done while people speak or act
12
5.5
A sudden decision made without thinking
11
6.3
Said or done without planning first
10
7.2
Made or done without planning, using what is on hand
9
7.0
Made quickly for a specific purpose when needed
7
6.3
Said or done immediately without careful thought
7
5.3
Not planned or practiced before
6
4.4
To act suddenly without planning or thinking
4
5.8
Happening suddenly without planning, often as a quick decision
3
7.2
Said or done without planning beforehand
2
7.5
Happening without being planned or thought about first
2
9.1
Said or done without preparation on the spot
2
6.2
Done without being asked
1
4.6
Made quickly using what is available
1
7.7
Happens without planning, often on the spot
1
7.4
Said or done without preparation
1
6.4
Not planned or practiced and seeming natural
Done or said without planning at the moment
Happening without much planning
Done quickly without thinking carefully
Antonyms
How Prepared
Surface Forms
Etymology
Impromptu comes from Latin parts in- and promptus, with promptus meaning 'ready' or 'at hand' and the same root as English prompt ('quick' or 'ready'). So an impromptu action or remark is done 'on the spot' without preparation.