ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Improvision

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Improvision is a noun meaning the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation.

Meaning

the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation.

More Meanings

  1. (obsolete) the lack of provision, a failure to provide something

Example Sentences

Tonal centring: Providing a tonal centre, scale, or harmonic ground as a base for the client's improvision
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.

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Related dictionary entries include impreparation, nonpreparation, default, unimprovement, poverty, nonprocurement.

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