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Look up: impromptu

  1. impromptu
    without preparation 
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  2. Impromptu
    Poem written on the spur of the moment e.g. Impromptu on Mrs Riddell's Birthday by Robert Burns. See also extempore.
    Found on http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of

  3. impromptu
    [adj] - in response to an unforeseen need 2. [n] - a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation 3. [n] - an extemporaneous speech or remark
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Impromptu
    (In topic `Data Warehousing & BI`) Impromptu is Cognos` database and query reporting tool that enables users to easily create powerful reporting applications without needing to understand how the database is structured.
    Found on http://www.it-architects.co.uk/a_-_z_glo

  5. Impromptu
    Im·promp'tu adverb or adjective [ French impromptu , from Latin in promptu in readiness, at hand; in in + promptus visibility, readiness, from promptus visible, ready. See Prompt .] Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/24

  6. Impromptu
    Im·promp'tu noun 1. Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark. 2. (Mus.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/24

  7. impromptu
    noun an extemporaneous speech or remark; `a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Impromptu
    An `impromptu` (loosely meaning `offhand`) is a free-form musical composition with the character of an improvisation, usually for a solo instrument, such as piano. (Not prepared or unrehearshed) The first recorded use of the term `impromptu` in this sense occurred in 1817, in the `Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung`, an idea of the publisher to describe a piano piece by VoÅâ„¢íÅ¡ek. It didn't take long before the first generation of Romantic compose...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impromptu

  9. Impromptu
    • (adv. / a.) Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse. • (n.) Something made or done offhand, at the moment, or without previous study; an extemporaneous composition, address, or remark. • (n.) A piece composed or played at first thought; a composition in the style of an extempore piece.Impr...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. impromptu
    a 19th-century piano composition intended to produce the illusion of spontaneous improvisation. In keeping with this fundamental premise, there is ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/13

  11. impromptu
    1. an extemporaneous speech or remark
    2. a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

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