Usually means: Unplanned, performed or done spontaneously.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word impromptu:

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  1. impromptu: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. impromptu: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. impromptu: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. impromptu: Collins English Dictionary
  5. impromptu: Vocabulary.com
  6. Impromptu, impromptu: Wordnik
  7. impromptu: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. impromptu: Wiktionary
  9. impromptu: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. impromptu: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. impromptu: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Impromptu, impromptu: Dictionary.com
  13. impromptu: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. impromptu: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Impromptu (Billy Taylor album), Impromptu (June Christy album), Impromptu (programming environment), Impromptu: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Impromptu: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. impromptu: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. impromptu: Rhymezone
  19. Impromptu: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. impromptu: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. impromptu: Free Dictionary
  22. impromptu: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. impromptu: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impromptu: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impromptu: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. impromptu: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
noun:  (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
noun:  (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.

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