improvise

[US]/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
[UK]/ˈɪmprəvaɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. create or perform (music, drama, etc.) spontaneously or without preparation.

Example Sentences

improvise a new verse

improvised a dinner for the unexpected guests; improvise a makeshift tourniquet.

the ability to improvise operatic arias in any given style.

The church organist may improvise on a ground bass.

I improvised a costume for myself out of an old blue dress.

his stand-up routine depends on improvised observations.

We improvised a tent out of two blankets and some long poles.

He improvised a song about the football team’s victory.

He was a composer of songs and a wonderful conductor, a man who could improvise lines on the moment.

asked an unpremeditated question. Something that isad-lib is spontaneous and improvised and therefore not part of a prepared script or score:

Real-world Examples

Lovely. Not only is my plan screwed up, I also forgot how to improvise.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

It's all improvised. It's very funny.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

The actors improvised a scene based on an audience suggestion.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

During classes he would often improvise, leaving his classmates and teachers in fits of laughter.

Source: Biography of Famous Historical Figures

We can change it. We can...we can improvise.

Source: Our Day Season 2

I didn't think this unusual. Improvising was routine for me.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

All right, then, we need to improvise.

Source: English little tyrant

I improvised like you wanted without my map.

Source: Our Day Season 2

So Johnson and his family improvised.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Finding those is hard-like composing music, or improvising jazz.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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