improvise
to create or perform something spontaneously without preparation or planning
Word origin: From Latin improvisus, unforeseen, from providere, to foresee.
Improvise in a sentence
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When the projector failed, the lecturer had to improvise and deliver the talk entirely from memory.
When the projector failed mid-lecture, the professor improvised, sketching the argument on the chalkboard from memory.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “improvise” well
Improvise centers on acting without preparation, whether by necessity or skill, which places it against plan, rehearse, and premeditate.
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