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How to pronounce improvisation in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms temporary expedient
Type of expedient
Derivation improvise
Type Words
Synonyms extemporisation, extemporization
Type of performance
Derivation improvise
Type Words
Type of creation
Derivation improvise

Examples of improvisation

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Improvisation and reacting to audiences is key to keeping their act feeling new.
From the thenewstribune.com
The script is a melange of several translations, and the cast did improvisation.
From the washingtonpost.com
Among the choices are experimental, music, puppetry and long-form improvisation.
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Terceira players are the only surdo players with room for limited improvisation.
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Musicians in free improvisation have also made heavy use of extended techniques.
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Holiday's improvisation of the melody line to fit the emotion was revolutionary.
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Filming the show involved a lot of improvisation, particularly from Chevy Chase.
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While the improvisation needed some focus, her technical skill was unsurpassed.
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Such definition proved futile during two inspired sets of rambling improvisation.
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  • A creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)
  • An unplanned expedient
  • Extemporization: a performance given extempore without planning or preparation
  • (improvise) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
  • (improvised) done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
  • Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. ...
  • Musical improvisation (also known as Musical Extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians. ...
  • Improvisational theatre (also known as improv or impro) is a form of theatre in which the improvisational actors/ improvisers use improvisational acting techniques to perform spontaneously. ...
  • (Improvisations (album)) Improvisations is a 1962 LP album by Ravi Shankar. The opening piece is based on music from Shankar's score for Satyajit Ray's 1955 movie Pather Panchali with flutist Bud Shank playing in Indian style. ...