IMPROVISE
\ˈɪmpɹəvˌa͡ɪz], \ˈɪmpɹəvˌaɪz], \ˈɪ_m_p_ɹ_ə_v_ˌaɪ_z]\
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perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
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manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
By Princeton University
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perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
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manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
By Noah Webster.
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To compose without preparation or forethought, as, especially, verse or music; bring about without previous preparation; make up on the spur of the moment, or for a special occasion.
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To compose without previous thought.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).