improvise
/ˈɪm.pɹə.vaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We have improvised the most charming party imaginable. The summer has come back by surprise. I own I wonder that June was not tired of us: still here is a day so sunny, that October does not know its own. The Duke of Wharton, Lord Hervey, and some two or three others, have designed a water-party in our honour."
- "As this terrible emotion took charge of him, he found himself improvising a whole series of lovers for her, imagining them to be waiting around every corner."
Etymology
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: improviser, improvisus