improvision
/ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
Example Sentences
- "there would be a main defect, and her improvision justly accusable, if such a feeding animal […] should want a proper conveyance for choler, or have no other receptacle for that humour than the veins and general mass of blood."
- "A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once."
- "It was a revolution grounded in exoterics, which may account in some part for the general air of naivety and improvision which surrounds it."
- "There are two general conceptions of improvision. The first, commonly applied is of a rather romantic woolly kind. It suggests that anything can happen in improvisation."
- "Tonal centring: Providing a tonal centre, scale, or harmonic ground as a base for the client's improvision"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provision English improvision From im- + provision.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/