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Princeton's WordNet

  1. improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftadjective

    done or made using whatever is available

    "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

Wiktionary

  1. improvisedverb

    Simple past and past participle of improvise.

  2. improvisedadjective

    created by improvisation; impromptu; unrehearsed.

Wikipedia

  1. improvised

    Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of improvisation can apply to many different faculties, across all artistic, scientific, physical, cognitive, academic, and non-academic disciplines; see Applied improvisation. Improvisation also exists outside the arts. Improvisation in engineering is to solve a problem with the tools and materials immediately at hand. Improvised weapons are often used by guerrillas, insurgents and criminals.

ChatGPT

  1. improvised

    Improvised refers to something that is created or performed spontaneously or without preparation, often to adapt to a specific situation or requirement. This could include dialogue, music, movement, solutions, methods or other kinds of creative expressions or responses created in the spur of the moment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Improvised

    of Improvise

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of improvised in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of improvised in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of improvised in a Sentence

  1. Sartaj Aziz:

    The infrastructure of the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, which included the IED (improvised explosive device) factories and a number of other capacities including communication, has been disrupted.

  2. White House:

    The United States also assesses the regime still has chemicals -- specifically, sarin and chlorine -- that it can use in future attacks and that the regime retains the expertise necessary to develop new weapons. The Syrian military also maintains a variety of chemical-capable munitions -- including grenades, aerial bombs, and improvised munitions -- that The Syrian military can use with little to no warning.

  3. Chris Elliot:

    It’s crucial now to talk about safe behaviors, firstly, we talk about different types of mines and IEDs( improvised explosive device) and how to spot them when they go back to their homes. Then we talk about dangerous areas, and then thirdly we talk about what you would do if you saw a landmine.

  4. Colonel Sean Ryan:

    ISIS fighters have been using suicide vests and car bombs to slow down the SDF offensive and hide from Coalition strikes in the area of Baghouz, they still hold civilians and are lacing the tunnels with IEDs (improvised explosive devices) as well.

  5. Police Colonel Kamtorn Uicharoen:

    The bombs in these two areas were improvised explosive devices triggered by timer.

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