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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provision English improvision From im- + provision.
Etymology tree English improvise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English improvision From improvise + -ion.
