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improvises

improvises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of improvise.

Meaning of improvise

Verb

improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)

  1. 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.

Questions about improvises

What is improvises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Improvises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of improvise.

Words near improvises in the dictionary

  1. improvised explosive device
  2. improvised explosive devices
  3. improvisedly
  4. improviser
  5. improvisers
  6. improvises
  7. improvising
  8. improvisings
  9. improvision
  10. improvisions
  11. improviso

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Adapted from Wiktionary: improvises (page history and authors); improvise (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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