Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

    He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.

    Improvisation

    импровиза́цияimprovizácija

    імпровіза́ціяimprovizácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)That which is improvised; an impromptu.

    Improvisation

    импровиза́цияimprovizácija

  3. (countable, uncountable)Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.

    Improvisation

    импровиза́цияimprovizácija

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead

    a performance given extempore without planning or preparation

Examples

18 sentences
  1. This is a great improvisation.

    Це чудова імпровізація.

    deDas ist eine großartige Improvisation.

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  2. Tomasa has a gift for improvisation.

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  3. Jazz is characterized by improvisation on chord progressions.

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  4. Can all university music students do things like sight reading and improvisation?

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  5. Leaders need to be good at improvisation; they must think on their feet.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously:
Русский
By meaning 1
act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously:

Origin

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation.

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation.

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Forms

plural: improvisations
Singularimprovisation
Pluralimprovisations

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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