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I Improvise Improvised Started Im‧Pro‧Vise ˈɪmprəvaɪz Verb Intransitive

Front improvise
Back im‧pro‧vise /ˈɪmprəvaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
1to do something without any preparation, because you are forced to do this by unexpected events:
I forgot to bring my notes, so I had to improvise.
2to make something by using whatever you can find because you do not have the equipment 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.
3to invent music, words, a statement etc from your imagination, rather than planning or preparing it first:
I just started playing, and the other guys started improvising around me.
an improvised sketch
—improvisation /ˌɪmprəvaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ɪmˌprɑːvə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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