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Summary

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ad lib:
- Wiktionary:
  ad lib → improvisieren
  ad lib → beliebig, improvisiert, Herzenslust, nach
  ad lib → improvisiert, unvorbereitet
  ad-lib → improvisieren
- Synonyms for "ad-lib":
  spontaneous; unwritten; unscripted
  extemporaneous; extemporary; extempore; impromptu; offhand; offhanded; off-the-cuff; unrehearsed; unprepared
  remark; comment
  improvise; improvize; extemporize; extemporise; perform; execute; do
- Synonyms for "ad lib":
  ad libitum; spontaneously; impromptu

English

Detailed Translations for ad lib from English to German

ad-lib:

Translation Matrix for ad-lib:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	extemporise; extemporize; improvise; improvize
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	extemporaneous; extemporary; extempore; impromptu; off-the-cuff; offhand; offhanded; spontaneous; unrehearsed; unwritten

Synonyms for "ad-lib":

spontaneous; unwritten; unscripted
extemporaneous; extemporary; extempore; impromptu; offhand; offhanded; off-the-cuff; unrehearsed; unprepared
remark; comment
improvise; improvize; extemporize; extemporise; perform; execute; do

Related Definitions for "ad-lib":

with little or no preparation or forethought¹
- his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment¹
said or done without having been planned or written in advance¹
- he made a few ad-lib remarks¹
remark made spontaneously without prior preparation¹
- his ad-libs got him in trouble with the politicians¹
perform without preparation¹

Wiktionary Translations for ad-lib:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• ad-lib	→ improvisieren	↔ improviser — composer, sans préparation et sur-le-champ, des vers, un air de musique, un discours, etc.

ad lib:

Translation Matrix for ad lib:

Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ad libitum; impromptu; spontaneously

Synonyms for "ad lib":

ad libitum; spontaneously; impromptu

Related Definitions for "ad lib":

without advance preparation¹
- he spoke ad lib¹

Wiktionary Translations for ad lib:

ad lib

verb

to perform extemporaneously
- ad lib → improvisieren
to perform without preparation
- ad lib → improvisieren
to perform without script
- ad lib → improvisieren

adverb

at will
- ad lib → beliebig
extemporaneously
- ad lib → improvisiert
at pleasure
- ad lib → Herzenslust; nach; beliebig

adjective

extemporaneous
- ad lib → improvisiert; unvorbereitet

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