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. — deniko

    deDas ist eine großartige Improvisation. — brauchinet

  2. Tomasa has a gift for improvisation.

  3. Jazz is characterized by improvisation on chord progressions.

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

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

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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