Improvise
verb — past tense: improvised ; past participle: improvised ; present participle: improvising ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To compose and perform without preparation, to make up as one goes along, to invent or construct to fit an immediate need, to extemporize, to make the best of materials at hand) ប្រឌិតច្នៃ (លៃលកផ្ដល់នូវជិតដៃ)
Example: He improvised words to fit the speech, an improvised operating room, an improvised makeshift.
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: improvised ; past participle: improvised ; present participle: improvising ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without previous preparation.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.