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improvise

[ im-pruh-vahyz ]

verb (used with object)

improvised, improvising.
  1. to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize:

    to improvise an acceptance speech.

  2. to compose, play, recite, or sing (verse, music, etc.) on the spur of the moment.
  3. to make, provide, or arrange from whatever materials are readily available:

    We improvised a dinner from yesterday's leftovers.



verb (used without object)

improvised, improvising.
  1. to compose, utter, execute, or arrange anything extemporaneously:

    When the actor forgot his lines he had to improvise.

improvise

/ ˈɪ³¾±è°ùəˌ±¹²¹Éª³ú /

verb

  1. to perform or make quickly from materials and sources available, without previous planning
  2. to perform (a poem, play, piece of music, etc), composing as one goes along
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ¾±³¾±è°ù´ÇËŒ±¹¾±²õ±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù´Ç·±¹¾±²õe°ù ¾±³¾î€ƒp°ù´Ç·±¹¾±î€È´´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of improvise1

First recorded in 1820–30; from French improviser, or its source, Italian improvisare (later improvvisare ), verbal derivative of improviso “improvised,†from Latin ¾±³¾±è°ùű¹Ä«²õ³Ü²õ, equivalent to im- “un-†+ ±è°ùű¹Ä«²õ³Ü²õ, past participle of ±è°ùű¹¾±»åŧ°ù±ð “to see beforehand, prepare, provide for (a future circumstance)â€; im- 2, proviso
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of improvise1

C19: from French, from Italian improvvisare, from Latin ¾±³¾±è°ùű¹Ä«²õ³Ü²õ unforeseen, from im- (not) + ±è°ùű¹Ä«²õ³Ü²õ, from ±è°ùű¹¾±»åŧ°ù±ð to foresee; see provide
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Keeping the vibe loose and spontaneous, they drank whiskey and improvised instrumentals.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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