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Extemprovisation

English translation: extemporisation

08:52 Apr 14, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: Extemprovisation
As regards the Buddhist and Jain images, they are nothing but an improvisation or extemprovisation of the Brahmanical deities.

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Michael Kislov
Russian Federation
Local time: 00:30
Selected answer:extemporisation
Explanation:
I don't believe the word extemprovisation exists. It's probably a misprint for extemporisation. Or possibly the author is inventing the word in an attempt to combine the meanings of improvisation and extemporisation.

Extemporization - definition of Extemporization by the Free Online ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/Extemporization
ex·tem·po·rize ( k-st m p -r z ). v. ex·tem·po·rized, ex·tem·po·riz·ing, ex·tem·po·riz·es. v.tr. To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice: ...
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:30
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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3 +7extemporisation
Jack Doughty
4extemporaneous improvisation
Carol Geraldine Chua Yu


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
extemprovisation
extemporisation


Explanation:
I don't believe the word extemprovisation exists. It's probably a misprint for extemporisation. Or possibly the author is inventing the word in an attempt to combine the meanings of improvisation and extemporisation.

Extemporization - definition of Extemporization by the Free Online ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/Extemporization
ex·tem·po·rize ( k-st m p -r z ). v. ex·tem·po·rized, ex·tem·po·riz·ing, ex·tem·po·riz·es. v.tr. To do or perform (something) without prior preparation or practice: ...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 370

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: I think it's just an incredibly bad source text, as demonstrated by all the other questions. I doubt if any combination of improvisation and extemporisation would have been intentional, given that the writer has already used improvisation
5 mins
  -> Thank you. Yes, I doubt it too, but I thought the possibility ought to be mentioned.
agree  Charles Davis: I agree; almost certainly a mere typo rather than a deliberate attempt to coin a term.
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Veronika McLaren
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Tony M
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  amarpaul: Agree - this is the only logical conclusion. One could conjecture that the author *perhaps* wanted to use "extrapolation" here, in a Humpty-Dumpty sort of way.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you: "When I use a word it means whatever I want it to mean". Yes.
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  AllegroTrans
2 days 3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
extemprovisation
extemporaneous improvisation


Explanation:
Maybe the author was trying to express the unstudied or spur-of the-moment nature of improvisation used, and tried to combine "extemporaneous" with "improvisation."


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extemporaneous
Carol Geraldine Chua Yu
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TagalogTagalog, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: The writer has such a limited grasp of English that such sophistication would be clearly beyond him/her.
1 hr
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