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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 preparationplay

  Familiarity information: IMPROVIZE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IMPROVIZE (verb)


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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