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improvise
[ im-pruh-vahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize:
to improvise an acceptance speech.
- to compose, play, recite, or sing (verse, music, etc.) on the spur of the moment.
- to make, provide, or arrange from whatever materials are readily available:
We improvised a dinner from yesterday's leftovers.
verb (used without object)
- to compose, utter, execute, or arrange anything extemporaneously:
When the actor forgot his lines he had to improvise.
improvise
/ ˈɪ³¾±è°ùəˌ±¹²¹Éª³ú /
verb
- to perform or make quickly from materials and sources available, without previous planning
- to perform (a poem, play, piece of music, etc), composing as one goes along
Derived Forms
- ˈ¾±³¾±è°ù´ÇËŒ±¹¾±²õ±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù´Ç·±¹¾±²õe°ù ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù´Ç·±¹¾±î€È´´Ç°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of improvise1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of improvise1
Example Sentences
Keeping the vibe loose and spontaneous, they drank whiskey and improvised instrumentals.
But it was his take on crowd work — where stand-up comedians base their material off of improvised interactions with the audience — that got people’s attention.
As the world-renowned cellist took to the improvised stage, Ma spun his borrowed instrument around, revealing a strip of blue tape on which the school-issued instrument’s number was written in black marker.
Because the kitchen is unusable, Blanca has to wash her dishes in the bathtub, and she has improvised a cooking area with a gas camping stove in a corner of her living room.
Industry publication Screen Daily said the film was "shot, one suspects, with a touch of guerrilla ingenuity... Last Swim also has a palpably improvised component in the friends' genially pitched running banter."
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