improviseverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈɪm.prə.vaɪz/us/ˈɪm.prə.vaɪz/to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it:
I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.
We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.
When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it:
During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).
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Inventing, designing and innovation
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improviser
noun [ C ] uk/ˈɪm.prə.vaɪ.zər//ˈɪm.prə.vaɪ.zɚ/
jazz-funk improvisers