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How to pronounce “ad lib”
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Pronunciation guide for ad lib
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ad lib with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Attack of the Fifty Foot Women
We hadn't met before this afternoon,
- Definition summary
- At pleasure.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce ad lib
Attack of the Fifty Foot Women
We hadn't met before this afternoon,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ad lib”
Meaning
- [Adverb]
- At pleasure.
- At will.
- As much as desired, to one's fill, without restriction.
- Extemporaneously.
- [Adjective]
- Extemporaneous, impromptu.
- [Noun]
- (acting) An instance of something improvised, especially a line.
- (music, chiefly hip-hop) Improvised vocals added after the main vocals have been recorded which serve to emphasize the rhythm or fill the lyrical bar line.
- [Verb]
- To perform without a script.
- To perform without preparation.
- To perform extemporaneously.
- (music, chiefly hip hop, intransitive) To perform ad libs; to improvise lyrics after the main lyrics have been recorded.
- (music, chiefly hip hop, transitive) To perform (lyrics) as ad libs.
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