Dictionary Entry
improvise
improvise is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
- 2transitive verb
To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.
- 3transitive verb
To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
- 4intransitive verb
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
- 5verb
perform without preparation
"he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
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- 6verb
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
"after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
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