Related Searches
Nearby Words
LIBS by the Experts www.appliedspectra.com/ Analytical chemistry solutions from low-cost to highly automated tools
A d lib www.walmart.com/Otc Save Money, Live Better At Walmart A d lib
Mad Libs www.ask.com/Mad+Libs Questions Mad Libs Mad Libs Answers
Ads
noun
1.
something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib?
adverb
2.
at one's pleasure; without restriction.
3.
freely; as needed; without stint: Water can be given to the patients ad lib.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Ad-lib
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is bowdlerise. Does it mean:
| to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable. |
| to run away hurriedly; flee. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
verb (used with object)
1.
to improvise all or part of (a speech, a piece of music, etc.): to ad-lib one's lines.
verb (used without object)
2.
to act, speak, etc., without preparation: Throughout the play he had to ad-lib constantly.
adjective
3.
impromptu; extemporaneous: ad-lib remarks to hecklers.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To ad-lib
Collins
World English Dictionary
| ad-lib (ædˈlɪb) | |
| —vb , -libs, -libbing, -libbed | |
| 1. | to improvise and deliver without preparation (a speech, musical performance, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 2. | improvised; impromptu |
| —adv | |
| 3. | without restraint; freely |
| 4. | music short for ad libitum |
| —n | |
| 5. | an improvised performance, often humorous |
| [C18: short for Latin ad libitum, literally: according to pleasure] | |
| ad-'libber | |
| —n | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ad lib
1811, from L. ad libitum "at one's pleasure, as much as one likes" (c.1600), from libere "to please." First recorded as one word 1919 (v.), 1925 (n.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Ad-lib
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
