mac_improvise

Meaning of improvise in English

improvise - verb [ I or T ] - us /ˈɪm.prə.vaɪz/ uk /ˈɪm.prə.vaɪz/ - to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it:
- I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
improvise something from something:
- We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.

When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it:
- During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases - Inventing, designing and innovation

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Cinema & theater: acting, rehearsing & performing
Playing music
Related word - improviser
(Definition of improvise from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
improvise | Intermediate English - improvise - verb [ I/T ] - us /ˈɪm·prəˌvɑɪz/

- to invent or provide something at the time when it is needed without having already planned it:
[ T ] We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.

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