Meaning of IMPROVISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'impru`vIz
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- [v] perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
- [v] manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
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| | Synonyms: | | ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, extemporize, improvize |
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| | See Also: | | contend, cope, deal, do, execute, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, perform | |
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\Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.
improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,
L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.
See {Proviso}.]
1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially
in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an
instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
2. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without
previous preparation.
Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.
3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the
moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
\Im`pro*vise"\, v. i.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially
in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to
do anything offhand.
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| | Related Terms: | | ad lib, ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, coin, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, dash off, design, develop, devise, discover, do offhand, dream up, engender, evolve, extemporize, fabricate, fake, frame, generate, give being to, give rise to, go off half-cocked, hatch, have no plan, improvisate, invent, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make do, make do with, make up, mature, mint, originate, plan, play by ear, procreate, scrap the plan, spawn, strike off, strike out, think out, think up, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing it |
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