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| Shopping | The largest selection of AD-LIB products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| ADJECTIVE | 1 | ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten | Said or done without having been planned or written in advance |
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| 2 | ad-lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed | With little or no preparation or forethought | |
| NOUN | 1 | ad-lib | Remark made spontaneously without prior preparation |
| VERB | 1 | ad-lib, improvise, improvize, extemporize, extemporise | Perform without preparation |
| Sounds | ae'dlih'b |
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| Rhymes | bib, corncrib, crib, and 8 more rhymes in ihb... |
| Meaning | Said or done without having been planned or written in advance. |
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| Examples | "he made a few ad-lib remarks" |
| Synonyms | spontaneous, unwritten |
| Similar to | unscripted |
| Meaning | With little or no preparation or forethought. |
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| Examples | "his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment" |
| Synonyms | extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, unrehearsed |
| Similar to | unprepared |
| Meaning | Remark made spontaneously without prior preparation. |
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| Examples | "his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians" |
| Broader | remark, comment |
| Verbs | ad-lib |
| Meaning | Perform without preparation. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | They will ad-lib the duet |
| Synonyms | improvise, improvize, extemporize, extemporise |
| Broader | perform, execute, do |
| Nouns | ad-lib |
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