| VERB | creation | improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise | perform without preparation |
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| social | improvise, extemporize | manage in a makeshift way |
| Sounds | ih'mprahvay.z; ih.mprahvay'z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Perform without preparation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | They will improvise the duet | |
| Synonyms | improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise | |
| Broader | perform, execute, do | carry out or perform an action |
| Spanish | improvisar | |
| Catalan | improvisar | |
| Nouns | improvisation | an unplanned expedient |
| improvisation | a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | |
| improvisation | a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) | |
| Meaning | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" | |
| Synonym | extemporize | |
| Broader | cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage | Come to terms with |
| Nouns | improvisation | an unplanned expedient |
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