improvise+(verb)

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• improvise — ► VERB 1) create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation. 2) make from whatever is available. DERIVATIVES improvisation noun improvisational adjective improvisatory adjective improviser noun. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• improvise — verb ADVERB ▪ freely ▪ hastily (esp. BrE), quickly (esp. AmE) ▪ We hastily improvised a screen out of an old blanket. ▪ You can quickly improvise a shield to protect your arm …   Collocations dictionary

• improvise — verb ( vised; vising) Etymology: French improviser, from Italian improvvisare, from improvviso sudden, from Latin improvisus, literally, unforeseen, from in + provisus, past participle of providēre to see ahead more at provide Date: 1826… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• improvise — verb 1 (I) to do something without any preparation, because you are forced to do this by unexpected events: I forgot to bring the notes for my speech, so I just had to improvise. 2 (T) to make something by using whatever you can find because you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• improvise — verb To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed by guess rather than by a careful plan. To invent or create something quickly or without a plan; to wing it. He had no speech prepared, so he improvised …   Wiktionary

• improvise — verb 1》 create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation. 2》 produce or make (something) from whatever is available. Derivatives improvisation noun improvisational adjective improvisatorial adjective improvisatory… …   English new terms dictionary

• improvise — verb 1) she was improvising in front of the cameras Syn: extemporize, ad lib, speak impromptu; informal speak off the cuff, speak off the top of one s head, wing it; jam, scat 2) she improvised a playhouse for the kids Syn: contrive, devise …   Thesaurus of popular words

• improvise — verb 1) she was improvising in front of the cameras Syn: extemporize, ad lib; informal speak off the cuff, play it by ear, busk it, wing it 2) she improvised a sandpit Syn: contrive, devise, throw together, cobble together …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• improvise — [[t]ɪ̱mprəvaɪz[/t]] improvises, improvising, improvised 1) VERB If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don t have one,… …   English dictionary

• improvise — [c]/ˈɪmprəvaɪz / (say impruhvuyz) verb (improvised, improvising) –verb (t) 1. to prepare or provide offhand or hastily; extemporise: *The Bulldogs had to improvise in attack last Friday night during the close loss to Collingwood. –aap news, 2000 …  

• improvise — UK [ˈɪmprəvaɪz] / US [ˈɪmprəˌvaɪz] verb Word forms improvise : present tense I/you/we/they improvise he/she/it improvises present participle improvising past tense improvised past participle improvised 1) a) [intransitive] to do something without …   English dictionary