improvise

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈɪmprəvaɪz/

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Verb

Plain form improvise

Third-person singular improvises

Past tense improvised

Past participle improvised

Present participle improvising

1. If you improvise something, you create or make it without a plan.

   He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.

Related words

• improvisation