Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to improvise
Participle: improvised
Gerund: improvising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | improvise |
| you | improvise |
| he;she;it | improvises |
| we | improvise |
| you | improvise |
| they | improvise |
Perfect
| I | have improvised |
| you | have improvised |
| he;she;it | has improvised |
| we | have improvised |
| you | have improvised |
| they | have improvised |
Past
| I | improvised |
| you | improvised |
| he;she;it | improvised |
| we | improvised |
| you | improvised |
| they | improvised |
Pluperfect
| I | had improvised |
| you | had improvised |
| he;she;it | had improvised |
| we | had improvised |
| you | had improvised |
| they | had improvised |
Future
| I | will improvise |
| you | will improvise |
| he;she;it | will improvise |
| we | will improvise |
| you | will improvise |
| they | will improvise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have improvised |
| you | will have improvised |
| he;she;it | will have improvised |
| we | will have improvised |
| you | will have improvised |
| they | will have improvised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | improvise |
| you | improvise |
| he;she;it | improvise |
| we | improvise |
| you | improvise |
| they | improvise |
Perfect
| I | have improvised |
| you | have improvised |
| he;she;it | have improvised |
| we | have improvised |
| you | have improvised |
| they | have improvised |
Imperfect
| I | improvised |
| you | improvised |
| he;she;it | improvised |
| we | improvised |
| you | improvised |
| they | improvised |
Pluperfect
| I | had improvised |
| you | had improvised |
| he;she;it | had improvised |
| we | had improvised |
| you | had improvised |
| they | had improvised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would improvise |
| you | would improvise |
| he;she;it | would improvise |
| we | would improvise |
| you | would improvise |
| they | would improvise |
Perfect
| I | would have improvised |
| you | would have improvised |
| he;she;it | would have improvised |
| we | would have improvised |
| you | would have improvised |
| they | would have improvised |
Imperative
| you | improvise |
| we | Let's improvise |
| you | improvise |
Verbs conjugated like 'improvise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'improvise'
improvize,
improve,
improvisate,
compromise,
disprovide,
emprise,
emprove,
imparadise,
impose,
improbate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus. See: French '
improviser'.
Sample Sentences
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He had no speech prepared, so he improvised.
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They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying.
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She improvised a lovely solo.
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We have improvised the most charming party imaginable. The summer has come back by surprise. I own I wonder that June was not tired of us: still here is a day so sunny, that October does not know its own. The Duke of Wharton, Lord Hervey, and some two or three others, have designed a water-party in our honour. [1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Another London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 173:]
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As this terrible emotion took charge of him, he found himself improvising a whole series of lovers for her, imagining them to be waiting around every corner. [1988, Salman Rushdie, chapter V, in The Satanic Verses, page 334:]