IMPROVISE


Meaning of IMPROVISE in English

(~s, improvising, ~d)

1.

If you ~, 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, ~...

The vet had ~d a harness...

...an ~d stone shelter.

VERB: V, V n, V-ed

improvisation (improvisations)

Funds were not abundant and clever improvisation was necessary.

N-VAR

2.

When performers ~, 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 ~d a prayer...

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

VERB: V, V n, V on n

improvisation (improvisations)

...an improvisation on ‘Jingle Bells’.

N-VAR: oft N on n

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