Associations to the word «Improvise»

Wiktionary

IMPROVISE, verb. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, instinct, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.

Dictionary definition

IMPROVISE, verb. Perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding".
IMPROVISE, verb. Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky