improvise
/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/
improvise 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.
Verb
improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it
improvise meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
improvise in Tamil
- நேர்விற்கேற்ப மாறு, பேசு, செய்
improvise in Bengali
- উপস্থিতমতো ব্যবস্থা করা, পূর্বপ্রস্তুতি ছাড়া তৈরি করা
improvise in Malayalam
- തത്സമയ നിർമ്മാണം നടത്തുക, തത്ക്ഷണം കവിത രചിക്കുക, ഒരുക്കം കൂടാതെ രചിക്കുക
improvise in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನೋರದೆ ಆಡು, ಆಶುಕವಿತೆ ಮಾಡು, ಆಶುಭಾಷಣ ಮಾಡು, ತುರ್ತಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸು, ಪೂರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಒದಗಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
- improvise in Arabic
- اِرْتَجَلَ irtajala
- improvise in Vietnamese
- ứng biến, ứng tác, ứng tấu
Examples of improvise in a sentence
- She improvised a lovely solo.
- We have improvised the most charming party imaginable.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn...
Synonyms of improvise
Forms of improvise
| third-person singular present | improvises |
|---|---|
| present participle | improvising |
| past participle | improvised |
| past | improvised |
Origin of improvise
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.
Words formed from improvise
Questions about improvise
- What does improvise mean?
- Improvise means 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.
- What is improvise in Tamil?
- Improvise in Tamil is நேர்விற்கேற்ப மாறு, பேசு, செய். See Improvise meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use improvise in a sentence?
- She improvised a lovely solo.
- What part of speech is improvise?
- Improvise is a verb.
- How do you pronounce improvise?
- Improvise is pronounced /ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/.
- What is the past tense of improvise?
- The past tense of improvise is improvised.
Words near improvise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: improvise (page history and authors); improvise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Improvise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); improvise (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); improvise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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