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ex tempore

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables
ex tem-pore
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

carried out with no preparation; impromptu

adv

without preparation; extemporaneously

noun

Something improvised.

Etymology

From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

Inflected Forms

more ex tempore (comparative) most ex tempore (superlative) extempore (alternative) ex tempores (plural)

Synonyms

off-hand

Questions

What does ex tempore mean?
carried out with no preparation; impromptu
Where does ex tempore come from?
From Latin ex (“immediately after”) + tempore, ablative singular of tempus (“time", "opportunity", "occasion”).

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