improvise
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.
to compose, utter, execute, or arrange anything extemporaneously: When the actor forgot his lines he had to improvise.
Origin of improvise
1Other words from improvise
- im·pro·vis·er, im·pro·vi·sor, noun
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How to use improvise in a sentence
I sent you once a fragment by him upon those African improvisors, called Griots.
The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 | Elizabeth Bisland
British Dictionary definitions for improvise
/ (ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz) /
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
Origin of improvise
1Derived forms of improvise
- improviser, noun
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