1. Done or made using whatever is available
   "crossed the river on improvised bridges"
   - jury-rigged, makeshift

1. Perform without preparation
   - improvize [non-standard], ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise [Brit] 
2. Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
   "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
   - extemporize, extemporise [Brit]

See also: impermanent, improvisation, temporary

Type of: contend, cope, deal, do, execute, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, perform

Encyclopedia: Improvise

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