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# improvise

«improvise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make or do something without planning, using whatever…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (improvise, improvises, improvised, improvising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make or do something without planning, using whatever is available. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#m1)

2) To make up music, words or acting on the spot, without a script. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In drama and music lessons pupils improvise a scene or a tune. In everyday life and survival: improvise a tent from a sheet, improvise a bandage from a scarf. In stories it shows a clever, quick-thinking character.

### examples

- We had no ball, so we improvised with rolled-up socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x1)
- The actors had to improvise when they forgot their lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x2)
- She improvised a tune on the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x3)
- He improvised a splint from two rulers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x4)
- We improvised a tent with a blanket and chairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x5)
- In drama we improvised a scene at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Noun: improvisation (informal: impro or improv). Spelling: -ise in the UK, Australia and NZ; also -ise in the USA (improvise is never -ize).

### In the corpora

- [When an actor forgets a line, making something up to keep the scene going is called improvising, and audiences usually forgive it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «improvise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/improvise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.