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Improvisation

//ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously countable, uncountable

    "He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard."

  2. 2
    a performance given extempore without planning or preparation wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is improvised; an impromptu. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an unplanned expedient wordnet
  5. 5
    Musical technique, characteristic of blues music. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead countable, uncountable

    "The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice."

Etymology

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation.

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