improvise

From French improviser

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/

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improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)

1. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

   He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.

   They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.

   She improvised a lovely solo.

• fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it

• improvisation
• improvisational
• improvisatory

• extemporaneous
• impromptu
• off the cuff

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/

improvise

1. first-person singular present indicative of improviser
2. third-person singular present indicative of improviser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of improviser
5. second-person singular imperative of improviser

improvise

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of improvisar

imprōvīse

1. vocative masculine singular of imprōvīsus

• improvise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• improvise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

improvise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of improvisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of improvisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of improvisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of improvisar

improvise

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of improvisar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of improvisar.