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improvise

Back  to do something without any 
preparation
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, because you are forced to do this by 
unexpected
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 events
 I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.


2 to make something by using whatever you can find because you do not have the 
equipment
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 or materials that you need
 

There were no nappies, so we had to improvise with what we could find.

 
Annie improvised a sandpit for the children.

3 to 
invent
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 music, words, a 
statement
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 etc from your 
imagination
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, rather than planning or 
preparing
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 it first
 

I just started playing, and the other guys started improvising around me.
 

an improvised sketch

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