Improvisation Definition & Meaning

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Improvisation

Improvisation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Improvisation? [n] a performance given extempore without planning or preparation [n] an unplanned expedient [n] a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Improvisation: extemporisation \| extemporization \| temporary expedient Related Terms \| Find terms related to Improvisation: action \| ad hoc measure \| ad lib \| ad-libbing \| answer \| arrangement \| artifice \| authorship \| beginning \| cadenza \| coinage \| conception \| concoction \| contrivance \| contriving \| countermove \| coup \| course of action \| creation \| creative effort \| demarche \| device \| devising \| disqualification \| dodge \| effort \| expedient \| extemporaneousness \| extemporariness \| extempore \| extemporization \| fabrication \| flourish \| generation \| gimmick \| hatching \| hot lick \| impromptu \| improvision \| incapability \| incompetence \| interpolation \| invention \| jury-rig \| jury-rigged expedient \| lack of preparation \| last expedient \| last resort \| last shift \| lick \| makeshift \| making do \| maneuver \| means \| measure \| mintage \| move \| nonpreparation \| nonpreparedness \| origination \| pis aller \| planlessness \| playing by ear \| pro tempore \| resort \| resource \| riff \| shake-up \| shift \| solution \| step \| stopgap \| stratagem \| stroke \| stroke of policy \| tactic \| temporary arrangement \| temporary expedient \| temporary measure \| trick \| trump \| unfitness \| unfittedness \| unpreparedness \| unqualification \| unqualifiedness \| unreadiness \| unsuitability \| unsuitableness \| unsuitedness \| vamp \| vulnerability \| working hypothesis \| working proposition See Also \| creation \| expedient \| performance Improvisation In Webster's Dictionary \Improv`isa"tion\, n. [Cf. F. improvisation.] 1. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ. 2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.

Improvisation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Improvisation?

[n] a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
[n] an unplanned expedient
[n] a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Improvisation: extemporisation | extemporization | temporary expedient

See Also | creation | expedient | performance

Improvisation In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*prov`i*sa"tion\, n. [Cf. F. improvisation.]
1. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry,
   and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the
   organ.

2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.

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