improvise

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de créer ou d'exécuter quelque chose spontanément, sans préparation.

A verb used to indicate the act of creating or performing something spontaneously without preparation.

1. Create spontaneouslyB2formal

   To create or perform something without preparation, using available materials or ideas.

   Improviser

   • The jazz musician began to improvise a new melody.
   • She had to improvise a speech when the speaker didn't show up.
   • The chef improvised a delicious meal from leftover ingredients.

   Synonymesad-libmake up

   Antonymesplanpreparerehearsescript

2. Make do with what is availableB1informal

   To manage a situation using whatever is at hand, often due to a lack of proper resources.

   Se débrouiller avec les moyens du bord

   • We had to improvise a shelter using branches and leaves.
   • He improvised a tool from a piece of wire.
   • When the power went out, they improvised with candles and flashlights.

   Synonymescobble togethercontrivemake dorig

   Antonymesplanprepare