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US
/ˈɪmpɹəˌvaɪz, ˌɪmpɹəˈvaɪz/
]
[ UK /ˈɪmpɹəvˌaɪz/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪmpɹəvˌaɪz/ ]
VERB
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manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks -
perform without preparation
he extemporized a speech at the wedding
How To Use improvise In A Sentence
- The professor improvised a poem in the class.
- Targeting pod-equipped aircraft can make pre-raid surveillance videos, check for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), track targets such as gunmen or vehicles, and send information to ground units.
- It may be that in the faint candle light the improvised cook of the party ebonizes the flapjacks and puts mourning edges on the bacon.
- He had twice been riding in an armoured vehicle that struck an improvised explosive device, and was injured once in friendly fire. Times, Sunday Times
- Gamaliel defined no more than the beginnings and ends of blessings, leaving the prayer leader or individual worshipper to improvise on the set theme.
- Pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Greg Cohen and drummer Joey Baron,are incredibly gifted jazz improvisers who are no less brilliant as klezmer musicians.
- Ordered by Sennett to come up with a more workable screen image, Chaplin improvised an outfit consisting of a too-small coat, too-large pants, floppy shoes, and a battered derby. Five People Born on April 16 | myFiveBest
- The burden must rest, however, upon the partially improvised text.
- It has also been used in Iraq in improvised explosive devices. Times, Sunday Times
- We see them playing to throngs of hundreds in big clubs and to a handful of dutiful applauders in improvised performance spaces.