IMPROVISE definition: 1. to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without…. Learn more.
The meaning of IMPROVISE is to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously. How to use improvise in a sentence.
To improvise means to make something up on the spot, or figure it out as you go. "Our boss decided to improvise his speech at our company meeting and when he started going off-topic, everyone could tell he hadn't prepared in advance."
If you improvise, you make or do something using whatever you have or without having planned it in advance. You need a wok with a steaming rack for this; if you don't have one, improvise. [VERB] The vet had improvised a harness. [VERB noun] ...an improvised stone shelter. [VERB-ed]
- To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation: improvise a solution to the problem; improvise variations on a melody. 2. To make or provide from available materials: improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.
Definition of improvise verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to make or do something using whatever is available, usually because you do not have what you really need. There isn't much equipment. We're going to have to improvise.
improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised) To 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.
to make, provide, or arrange (something) from available materials: [~ + object] to improvise a dinner from the leftovers. [no object] Good teachers know how to improvise.