Improvise definition
To make or provide from available materials.
Improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.
verb
To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.
verb
To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation.
Improvise a solution to the problem; improvise variations on a melody.
verb
To improvise is defined as to do something on the spur of the moment.
An example of to improvise is someone having to give a speech without any notice.
verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
She improvised a lovely solo.
verb
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To make do with whatever materials are at hand.
There isn't much in the cabin. We'll just have to improvise.
verb
To bring about, make, or do on the spur of the moment.
To improvise a solution to a problem.
verb
To make, provide, or do with the tools and materials at hand, usually to fill an unforeseen and immediate need.
To improvise a bed out of leaves.
verb
To compose, or simultaneously compose and perform, on the spur of the moment and without any preparation; extemporize.
verb
Origin of improvise
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From French improviser
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