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."
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
Verb
perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
Verb
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
v. t.
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously,
especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument,
or to act, extemporaneously.
v. t.
To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or
without previous preparation.
v. t.
To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the
moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
v. i.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions,
especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence,
to do anything offhand.
Improvise
Charles attempted to improvise a peace.3.
Improvise
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
Usage Examples
I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.
In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.
A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.
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Other Usage ExamplesLearning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.
Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.
When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.
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