improvise

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to 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, instinct, 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.
    She improvised a lovely solo.

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[edit] French

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  • IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/

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improvise

  1. first-person singular present indicative of improviser
  2. third-person singular present indicative of improviser
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
  5. second-person singular imperative of improviser

[edit] Galician

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improvise

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar

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imprōvīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of imprōvīsus



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improvise (infinitive improvisar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
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