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импровизировать — meaning in English

improvizirovat

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English meaning

  • extemporize verb To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
  • improvise verb To create or perform something on the spot without preparation, often using whatever is available.

Senses

импровизировать is used for these senses in English:

  • extemporize (intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
  • improvise To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
  • play by ear (transitive, and, intransitive, idiomatic) To do by guessing, intuition, or trial and error; to react to events as they occur, often with risk of negative outcomes; to improvise.
  • shoot from the hip (figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.

extemporize — full definition

  1. verb To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
  2. verb To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.

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