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Definitions for Improvise
[1] to compose and perform or deliver without previous preparation; extemporize: to improvise an acceptance speech.
[2] to compose, play, recite, or sing (verse, music, etc.) on the spur of the moment.
[3] to make, provide, or arrange from whatever materials are readily available: We improvised a dinner from yesterday's leftovers.
[4] to compose, utter, execute, or arrange anything extemporaneously: When the actor forgot his lines he had to improvise.
[5] to perform or make quickly from materials and sources available, without previous planning
[6] to perform (a poem, play, piece of music, etc), composing as one goes along
Words related to Improvise
concoct, devise, ad-lib, contrive, invent, brainstorm, jam, spark, extemporize, coin, fake, slapdash, improv
Words nearby Improvise
improver, improvident, improvisation, improvisator, improvisatory, improvise, improvised, improvised explosive device, improvvisatore, imprudent, impsonite
Origin of Improvise
1820–30; < French improviser, or its source, Italian improvisare (later improvvisare ), verbal derivative of improviso improvised < Latin imprōvīsus, equivalent to im- im-2 + prōvīsus past participle of prōvidēre to see beforehand, prepare, provide for (a future circumstance). See proviso
Other words from Improvise
im·pro·vis·er , im·pro·vi·sor , noun
Word origin for Improvise
C19: from French, from Italian improvvisare, from Latin imprōvīsus unforeseen, from im- (not) + prōvīsus, from prōvidēre to foresee; see provide
Synonyms for Improvise
ad-lib, brainstorm, concoct, contrive, devise, dream up, invent, throw together, coin, extemporize, fake, jam, spark, dash off, do off top of head, do offhand, fake it, improv, improvisate, knock off, make do, slapdash, speak off the cuff, wing it