English to English
improvise
('/I/mpr/@/,v/aI/z
)
verb (v)
- perform without preparation(verb.creation)source: wordnet30
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand(verb.social)Example:
After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks.
source: wordnet30 - To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.(verb)source: webster1913
- To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.(verb)source: webster1913