Improvise vs. Improvize — Which is Correct Spelling?
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Which is correct: Improvise or Improvize
How to spell Improvise?
Improvise
Correct Spelling
Improvize
Incorrect Spelling
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Improvise Definitions
To make, compose, or perform with little or no preparation
Improvise a solution to the problem.
Improvise variations on a melody.
To make or provide from available materials
Improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.
To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.
To make do with whatever materials are at hand
There isn't much in the cabin. We'll just have to improvise.
To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, 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.
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To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide.
Charles attempted to improvise a peace.
To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.
Perform without preparation;
He extemporized a speech at the wedding
Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand;
After the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
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