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To do or make without planning beforehand. To compose, recite, play or sing extemporaneously.

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Usage examples (39)
  • It was a fantastic experience, ... On the set, you couldn't follow the script, every morning everything could change and you had to be ready to improvise.
  • After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
  • TO improvise or not to improvise, that is the question.
  • I know you had to just kind of improvise a little bit.
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