"improvise" meaning in All languages combined

See improvise on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/ Audio: en-us-improvise.ogg Forms: improvises [present, singular, third-person], improvising [participle, present], improvised [participle, past], improvised [past]
Etymology: From French improviser; ultimately from Latin improvisus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|improviser}} French improviser, {{der|en|la|improvisus}} Latin improvisus Head templates: {{en-verb}} improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)
  1. To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan. Synonyms: fly by the seat of one's pants, play by ear, punt, think on one's feet, wing it Derived forms: improvisation, improvisational, improvisatory Related terms: extemporaneous, impromptu, off the cuff Translations (to make something up as one goes on): σχεδιάζω (skhediázō) (Ancient Greek), إرتجل (Arabic), improvisar (Asturian), імправізава́ць (impravizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), импровизирам (improviziram) (Bulgarian), improvisar (Catalan), 即興 (Chinese Mandarin), 即兴 (jíxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 现抓 (xiànzhuā) (Chinese Mandarin), improvizovat (Czech), improvisere (Danish), improviseren (Dutch), improvisoida (Finnish), sepittää (Finnish), improviser (French), improvisieren (German), αυτοσχεδιάζω (aftoschediázo) (Greek), improvizál (Hungarian), rögtönöz (Hungarian), leika af fingrum fram (Icelandic), snarstefja (Icelandic), spinna (Icelandic), seiftigh (Irish), improvvisare (Italian), parlare a braccio (Italian), tito ohia (Maori), improvisere (Norwegian), improwizować [imperfective] (Polish), zaimprowizować [perfective] (Polish), improvisar (Portuguese), improviza (Romanian), импровизи́ровать (improvizírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сымпровизи́ровать (symprovizírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), improvisar (Spanish), improvisera (Swedish), імпровізува́ти (improvizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), ứng biến (Vietnamese), ứng tác (Vietnamese), ứng tấu (Vietnamese)

Verb [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav
Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} improvise
  1. inflection of improviser:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-improvise-fr-verb-mHvVhgmZ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. inflection of improviser:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-improvise-fr-verb-wsJ4zHYO

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} improvise
  1. inflection of improvisar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-gl-verb-bn3YkHhZ Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of improvisar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-gl-verb-DyKJIWVs

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: imprōvīse [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=imprōvīse}} imprōvīse
  1. vocative masculine singular of imprōvīsus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: imprōvīsus
    Sense id: en-improvise-la-adj-N-fm81ni Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} improvise
  1. inflection of improvisar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-pt-verb-bn3YkHhZ Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of improvisar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-pt-verb-DyKJIWVs

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} improvise
  1. inflection of improvisar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-es-verb-bn3YkHhZ Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of improvisar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: improvisar
    Sense id: en-improvise-es-verb-DyKJIWVs

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "sepittää"
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "improvisieren"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "aftoschediázo",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "rögtönöz"
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "leika af fingrum fram"
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "word": "seiftigh"
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "improvvisare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "parlare a braccio"
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "improvisar"
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          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "improviza"
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          "roman": "improvizírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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          "roman": "improvizuváty",
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          "word": "імпровізува́ти"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "ứng biến"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
          "word": "ứng tác"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
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        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imprōvīse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
      "expansion": "imprōvīse",
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
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      "id": "en-improvise-la-adj-N-fm81ni",
      "links": [
        [
          "imprōvīsus",
          "improvisus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "word": "improvisar"
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      "id": "en-improvise-pt-verb-bn3YkHhZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Portuguese"
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
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        "subjunctive",
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      ]
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          "word": "improvisar"
        }
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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      "id": "en-improvise-pt-verb-DyKJIWVs",
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Portuguese"
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      ],
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
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      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Spanish"
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      ]
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      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
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}
{
  "derived": [
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      "word": "improvisation"
    },
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      "word": "improvisational"
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    {
      "word": "improvisatory"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "improvisus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin improvisus",
      "name": "der"
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    {
      "form": "improvises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improvising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improvised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "improvised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "improvise (third-person singular simple present improvises, present participle improvising, simple past and past participle improvised)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "extemporaneous"
    },
    {
      "word": "impromptu"
    },
    {
      "word": "off the cuff"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English terms borrowed from French",
        "English terms derived from French",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Asturian translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had no speech prepared, so he improvised."
        },
        {
          "text": "They improvised a simple shelter with branches and the rope they were carrying."
        },
        {
          "text": "She improvised a lovely solo."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
        ],
        [
          "imagination",
          "imagination"
        ],
        [
          "intuition",
          "intuition"
        ],
        [
          "guesswork",
          "guesswork"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪmpɹəvaɪz/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-improvise.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-improvise.ogg/En-us-improvise.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-improvise.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fly by the seat of one's pants"
    },
    {
      "word": "play by ear"
    },
    {
      "word": "punt"
    },
    {
      "word": "think on one's feet"
    },
    {
      "word": "wing it"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "إرتجل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "impravizavácʹ",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "імправізава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "improviziram",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "импровизирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "即興"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jíxìng",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "即兴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànzhuā",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "现抓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improviseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "sepittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improviser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aftoschediázo",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "αυτοσχεδιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "skhediázō",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "σχεδιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvizál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "rögtönöz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "leika af fingrum fram"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "snarstefja"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "spinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "seiftigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvvisare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "parlare a braccio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "tito ohia"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "improwizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaimprowizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improviza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "improvizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "импровизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "symprovizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сымпровизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "improvisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "improvizuváty",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "імпровізува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "ứng biến"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "ứng tác"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to make something up as one goes on",
      "word": "ứng tấu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "French 3-syllable words",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French non-lemma forms",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "improvise",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of improviser:",
        "first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improviser",
          "improviser#French"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of improviser:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improviser",
          "improviser#French"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-improvise.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician non-lemma forms",
    "Galician verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "improvise",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "improvisar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Galician"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
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    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "improvisar"
        }
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
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        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Galician"
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "imprōvīse",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "adjective form",
        "head": "imprōvīse"
      },
      "expansion": "imprōvīse",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin adjective forms",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "imprōvīsus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imprōvīsus",
          "improvisus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
    "Portuguese verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "improvise",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "improvisar"
        }
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        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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          "word": "improvisar"
        }
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        "inflection of improvisar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "improvise",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "improvisar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "improvisar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvisar",
          "improvisar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of improvisar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "improvise"
}

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