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Meanings of
improvize
in English
Spanish
improvisar
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Perform without preparation.
improvise
extemporize
extemporise
ad-lib
Spanish
improvisar
Synonyms
Examples for "
improvise
"
improvise
extemporize
extemporise
ad-lib
Examples for "
improvise
"
1
It is possible to
improvise
the whole scene with 'yes' and 'no'.
2
The second time they went through it, the musicians began to
improvise
.
3
Consider which small first-aid items are most necessary, and hardest to
improvise
.
4
All I could do was
improvise
desperately and hope for the best.
5
A faltering start, unsure whether to read his material or to
improvise
.
1
And that night, with such instruments as he could
extemporize
,
he operated.
2
The old man turned back to his wagon and began to
extemporize
.
3
He could
extemporize
on Good Form as he could
extemporize
on the piano.
4
You see now that I shall never be able to
extemporize
.
5
The young musician was irresistible when he seated himself at the piano to
extemporize
.
1
They had to
extemporise
crimes, and they were not scrupulous about it.
2
After dinner the older visitors sit down to cards, and the young people
extemporise
a dance.
3
I could very soon black myself all over, and a nigger's costume will not take long to
extemporise
.
4
They are forbidden to read, and forbidden to
extemporise
,
and by practice they speak from memory-somewell, all tolerably.'
5
As I crossed the floor I tried to
extemporise
a prayer, but stopped short to listen, and never finished it.
1
You said yourself that you're trying to
ad
-
lib
your way out.
2
Give him one cue, and he'd
ad
-
lib
the whole play.
3
Being able to
ad-lib
is actually what it is.
4
As every move they make will be broad cast on live television
ad
-
lib
humor is out.
5
They do not use a script but
ad
-
lib
everything, using their own voices to portray the characters.
Usage of
improvize
in English
1
He would certainly have proceeded to
improvize
impassioned verse, if he had not seen Arthur Rhodes on the pavement.
2
Mrs. Cary's head still rested against the aching shoulder, and Mrs. Carmichael made a sign to let her
improvize
a cushion substitute.
3
The sample size of late collapses is growing as a rotating cast of candidates try their best to
improvize
a convincing version of game management.
4
Bickerton
improvized
a pair of climbing irons, and, after some preliminary practice, ascended in fine style.
5
'I do believe they are
improvizing
an operetta on the second bridge.'
6
The plastic high explosives the Talis used to make IEDs
(
Improvized
Explosive Devices) did a serious amount of damage.
7
On the point of
improvizing
one of an impressive character, I stopped and confessed: 'I have so many that I may say I have none.'
8
"Don't tire yourself," she added bruskly to Mrs. Berry, who had been fanning the unconscious woman's face with an
improvized
paper fan.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
improvize a cushion
improvize impassioned
Translations for
improvize
Spanish
improvisar
Improvize
through the time