improvise

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
19
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/
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/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/ · /ɪm.pɾu.vajz/

Definition of improvise

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. 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.
    “He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.”
    “They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.”
    “She improvised a lovely solo.”
    “We have improvised the most charming party imaginable. The summer has come back by surprise. I own I wonder that June was not tired of us: still here is a day so sunny, that October does not know its own. The Duke of Wharton, Lord Hervey, and some two or three others, have designed a water-party in our honour.”
    “As this terrible emotion took charge of him, he found himself improvising a whole series of lovers for her, imagining them to be waiting around every corner.”

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Etymology

From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.

Words you can make from improvise

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7-letter words

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

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4-letter words

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3-letter words

35 words

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