Meanings
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verb
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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verb
· to make something up or...
fly by the seat of one's pantsplay by earpuntthink on one's feetwing it
Word family
Forms
improvisationimprovisationsimproviser
Etymology
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.