IMPROVISE


Meaning of IMPROVISE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmprəvaɪz ]

( improvises, improvising, improvised)

1.

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, improvise...

The vet had improvised a harness...

...an improvised stone shelter.

VERB : V , V n , V-ed

• im‧provi‧sa‧tion

(improvisations)

Funds were not abundant and clever improvisation was necessary.

N-VAR

2.

When performers improvise , they invent music or words as they play, sing, or speak.

I asked her what the piece was and she said, ‘Oh, I’m just improvising’...

Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer...

I think that the art of a storyteller is to take the story and improvise on it.

VERB : V , V n , V on n

• im‧provi‧sa‧tion

(improvisations)

...an improvisation on ‘Jingle Bells’.

N-VAR : oft N on n

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.