Meaning & use
improvisation
The act of creating, performing, or producing something spontaneously without prior preparation.
See it in a sentence
The jazz solo was pure improvisation, with no sheet music in sight.
Faced with no proper tools, the mechanic relied on improvisation to fix the engine.
A note on using this word
Improvisation is common in music, theater, and comedy, but also describes any spontaneous problem-solving under pressure.
Words with a similar meaning
ad-libbingextemporization
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