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improvised is an adjective meaning "done or made using whatever is available". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for improvised come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.