improvise
/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/ verb C1- 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.· They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
He/she/it improvises · Past improvised · Past participle improvised · -ing form improvising
Verb forms
- Base form
- improvise
- He/she/it
- improvises
- Past
- improvised
- Past participle
- improvised
- -ing form
- improvising
From the library
The trouble started after lunch, when a surgeon from Texas set his notes aside and began to improvise.
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