say it: IM-pruh-vahyzd
improvised is an adjective meaning "done or made using whatever is available". It is pronounced /ˈɪmpɹəˌvaɪzd/ — IM-pruh-vahyzd. 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.