adj
Meaning 1
Created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
improvised
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verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of improvise
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
done or made using whatever is available
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- crossed the river on improvised bridges
- the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
- the rock served as a makeshift hammer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jury-rigged, makeshift
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: импровизиран (improviziran) — created by improvisation
- Finnish: improvisoitu — created by improvisation
- French: improvisé — created by improvisation
- German: improvisiert — created by improvisation
- Ancient Greek: αὐτοσχέδιος (autoskhédios) — created by improvisation
- Hungarian: rögtönzött — created by improvisation
- Romanian: improvizat — created by improvisation
- Russian: импровизи́рованный (improvizírovannyj) — created by improvisation
- Spanish: improvisado — created by improvisation
- Spanish: impensado — created by improvisation
- Turkish: doğaçlama — created by improvisation
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