Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/
improvise (improvises, present participle improvising; past and past participle improvised)
- To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
- He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
- They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
- She improvised a lovely solo.
- fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it
- French: improviser
- German: improvisieren
- Italian: improvvisare, parlare a braccio
- Portuguese: improvisar
- Russian: импровизи́ровать
- Spanish: improvisar
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