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Meanings of improvisation in English

Portuguese
improvisação
Catalan
improvisació

A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.

        improvisação
        Catalan
        improvisació
        Spanish
        improvisación

        An unplanned expedient.

              improvisació
              Usage of improvisation in English
              1
              However, flipping the script doesn't mean that you do improvisation without rules.
              Ebony
              2
              Best of all, there's plenty of room for improvisation and parts substitution.
              Wired
              3
              Here insurrection assumes the character of a plot; there of an improvisation.
              Les Misérables
              4
              There is, of course, a lot of contemporary music that embraces improvisation.
              The Irish Times
              5
              They just did as they were told; mostly it was inspired improvisation.
              The godfather of kathmandu
              6
              That way you see the movement and you can do this improvisation.
              The Michael Chekhov Handbook
              7
              The 31-year-old actor led improvisation sessions so Murray could share his perspective.
              The Guardian
              8
              Holy daring, our foundress said, lets itself be guided by divine improvisation.
              Unfinished desires: a novel
              9
              Zelenskiy's aides present this kind of improvisation as part of his charm.
              The Guardian
              10
              At these times she produces on one the effect of an improvisation.
              Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 / Germany, Austria-H...
              11
              It mixes improvisation with block ensemble writing concluding with a fiery finish.
              Radio NZ
              12
              The word escaped him, he afterwards said, in 'the heat of improvisation.'
              The Liberation of Italy, 1815-1870
              13
              It is a dish that invites improvisation and tweaking according to taste.
              The Guardian
              14
              It's like a musical improvisation which is unthinkable without a brilliant technique.
              A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
              15
              Be that as it may, Tragedy-asalso Comedy-wasat first mere improvisation.
              The Poetics of Aristotle
              16
              To start improvisation for this infinitely simple dish you need a working model.
              The Guardian
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              Translations for improvisation
              Portuguese
              improvisação
              Improvisation through the time
              Improvisation across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common
              United Kingdom
              Less common