improvise
werkwoord
1 improvise
Perform without preparation.
synoniemen: ad-lib, extemporise, extemporize, improvize.
Roget 515: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, ... meer laten zien
Roget 674: be unprepared etc. adj.; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.]; live from hand to mouth. [Render unprepared] dismantle etc. (render useless) 645; undress ... meer laten zien
Roget 612: flash on the mind. say what comes uppermost; improvise, extemporize.
Nederlands: improviseren
2 improvise
Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand:
— After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks.
synoniem: extemporize.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
Roget 612: extemporaneous, impulsive, indeliberate†; snap; improvised, improvisate†, improvisatory†; unpremeditated, unmeditated; improvise; unprompted, unguided; natural, unguarded; ... meer laten zien
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: ad lib, ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, coin, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, dash off, design, develop, devise ... meer laten zien.
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