im·pro·vise
 improvise
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- pronunciation:
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vaIz
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
improvises, improvising, improvised |
| definition 1: |
When you improvise something, you quickly put something together without any earlier planning or practice.
Amanda didn't have time to prepare a speech, so she improvised one.Jordan had his guitar, and Trevon had his too, so they improvised some music together. |
| definition 2: |
If you don't have the exact thing you need for something you want to do, you might improvise one instead. When you improvise something, you use your imagination to make a thing that you need out of the things that you have around you.
Travis wanted to camp in his backyard, but he didn't have a tent, so he improvised one. He tied a rope between two trees and hung a really big quilt over it. He found a way to hold the sides apart and hold the ends down. It worked, but it's a good thing it didn't rain.- similar words:
- patch
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| related words: |
compose, invent |
Improvise comes from
improvviso, an Italian word that means "not prepared" or "not known in advance."