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Definition of "improvise" []
- To invent, compose, or perform with little or no preparation. (verb-transitive)
- To play or sing (music) extemporaneously, especially by inventing variations on a melody or creating new melodies in accordance with a set progression of chords. (verb-transitive)
- To make or provide from available materials: improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator. (verb-transitive)
- To invent, compose, or perform something extemporaneously. (verb-intransitive)
- To improvise music. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "improvise" in a sentence
- "That was - that's actually more fun to me, because in live concerts what we do is we take the material that we composed for the recording and we stretch it out and we improvise, which is what brings joy to both of us."
- "At one point he was bold enough to ask his audience to toss him a word to improvise a rap on."
- "TO IMPROVISE or not to improvise, that is the question."
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