improvise
To make something up or invent it as one goes onTo make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
» Tom is pretty good at improvising.
Том уміє досить непогано імпровізувати.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, 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.
improvisieren
импровизи́роватьimprovizírovatʹ, сымпровизи́роватьsymprovizírovatʹ
імпровізува́тиimprovizuváty
- perform without preparation
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
Examples
45 sentencesTom is pretty good at improvising.
Том уміє досить непогано імпровізувати. — deniko
I can't improvise very well.
Я не вмію дуже добре імпровізувати. — deniko
I hate to improvise.
Why don't we improvise?
ruПочему бы нам не импровизировать? — BW
I'll just have to improvise.
ruМне просто придётся импровизировать. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.
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Forms
improvises, improvising, improvised, improvised| Base form | improvise · to improvise |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | improvises |
| Present participle | improvising |
| Past simple | improvised |
| Past participle | improvised |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
9 synonyms- perform without preparation:improvizead-libextemporizeextemporise
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand:extemporize
Word family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle