improvise

v., -vised, -vis·ing, -vis·es.

v.tr.

1. To invent, compose, or perform with little or no preparation.
2. 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.
3. To make or provide from available materials: improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.

v.intr.

1. To invent, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.
2. To improvise music.
3. To make do with whatever materials are at hand.

[French improviser, from Italian improvvisare, from improvviso, unforeseen, from Latin imprōvīsus : in-, not; see in-¹ + prōvīsus, past participle of prōvidēre, to foresee; see provide.]

improviser im'pro·vis'er or im'pro·vi'sor n.

verb

To compose or recite without preparation: ad-lib, extemporize, fake, make up. Idioms: wing it. See planned/unplanned, prepared/unprepared.

v

Definition: make up
Antonyms: design, devise, plan, premeditate

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: perform without preparation
  Synonyms: improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise

Meaning #2: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
  Synonym: extemporize

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - improvisere
v. intr. - improviseres

Nederlands (Dutch)
improviseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - improviser
v. intr. - improviser

Deutsch (German)
v. - improvisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αυτοσχεδιάζω, ενεργώ εκ του προχείρου

Italiano (Italian)
improvvisare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - improvisar

Русский (Russian)
импровизировать, смастерить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - improvisar
v. intr. - improvisar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - improvisera (äv. mus.), fantisera (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
即席写作, 即席而作, 即席即兴, 即兴创作, 临时做事, 即兴表演, 临时凑合

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 即席寫作, 即席而作, 即席即興
v. intr. - 即興創作, 臨時做事, 即興表演, 臨時湊合

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 즉석에서 하다, 즉흥연주를 하다
v. intr. - 즉석에서 하다, 즉흥연주를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 即席に作る, 間に合わせに作る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرتجل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אלתר‬
v. intr. - ‮יצר לשעת הצורך‬

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