Associations to the word «Improvisation»

Wiktionary

IMPROVISATION, noun. The act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously; as, improvisation on the organ.
IMPROVISATION, noun. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
IMPROVISATION, noun. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
IMPROVISATION, noun. The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead

Dictionary definition

IMPROVISATION, noun. A creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation).
IMPROVISATION, noun. An unplanned expedient.
IMPROVISATION, noun. A performance given extempore without planning or preparation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats