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IMPROVIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does improvize mean?
• IMPROVIZE (verb)
The verb IMPROVIZE has 1 sense:
1. perform without preparation
Familiarity information: IMPROVIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perform without preparation
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
ad-lib; extemporise; extemporize; improvise; improvize
Context example:
he extemporized a speech at the wedding
Hypernyms (to "improvize" is one way to...):
do; execute; perform (carry out or perform an action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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