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improvisation

Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/

The English word “improvisation” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
  2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
  3. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
  4. The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead

Etymology

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation.

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