improvise // improvises, improvising, improvised
1 When you improvise, you make something using whatever
VB WITH OR WITHOUT OBJ
materials you have rather than the proper ones, or you carry
out an activity without planning it in advance.
We had to improvise as we went along.
The sisters helped me improvise a toilet.
· improvised
ADJ
Tanks were crossing the river on improvised bridges.
2 When actors or musicians improvise, they make up the
VB WITH OR WITHOUT OBJ
words or music while they are performing.
· improvisation
UNCOUNT N,
There was a good deal of improvisation.
COUNT N
...his improvisations on the organ.