Download the app
educalingo
Search
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
Andrea Bocelli

Meaning of "improvisation" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF IMPROVISATION

improvisation  [ˌɪmprəvaɪˈzeɪʃən] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPROVISATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Improvisation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPROVISATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

improvisation

Improvisation

Improvisation is a state of being and creating action without pre-planning. This can be when an individual or group is acting, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, talking, creating artworks, problem solving, or reacting in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or new ways to act. Improvisation can be thought of as an "on the spot" or "off the cuff" spontaneous moment of sudden inventiveness that can just come to mind, body and spirit as an inspiration. No preparation or training is needed. However, improvisation in any life or art form, can occur more often if it is practiced as a way of encouraging creative behavior. That practice includes learning to use one's intuition, as well as learning a technical understanding of the necessary skills and concerns within the domain in which one is improvising.

Definition of improvisation in the English dictionary

The definition of improvisation in the dictionary is the act or an instance of improvising. Other definition of improvisation is a product of improvising; something improvised.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPROVISATION


authorization
ˌɔːθəraɪˈzeɪʃən
characterization
ˌkærɪktəraɪˈzeɪʃən
civilization
ˌsɪvɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
customization
ˌkʌstəmaɪˈzeɪʃən
globalization
ˌɡləʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalisation
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hospitalization
ˌhɒspɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
hybridization
ˌhaɪbrɪdaɪˈzeɪʃən
localization
ˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
novelization
ˌnɒvəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimisation
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
optimization
ˌɒptɪmaɪˈzeɪʃən
organisation
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
organization
ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən
realization
ˌrɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
specialization
ˌspeʃəlaɪˈzeɪʃən
stabilization
ˌsteɪbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
synchronization
ˌsɪŋkrənaɪˈzeɪʃən
utilization
ˌjuːtɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən
visualization
ˌvɪʒʊəlaɪˈzeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPROVISATION

improvement grant
improver
improvidence
improvident
improvidently
improving
improvingly
improvisate
improvisational
improvisator
improvisatore
improvisatori
improvisatorial
improvisatory
improvisatrices
improvisatrix
improvise
improvised explosive device
improviser
improvisor

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPROVISATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of improvisation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPROVISATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «improvisation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of improvisation

Translation of «improvisation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF IMPROVISATION

Find out the translation of improvisation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of improvisation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «improvisation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

即兴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

improvisación
570 millions of speakers

English

improvisation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कामचलाऊ व्यवस्था
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الارتجال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

импровизация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

improvisação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অচিন্তিত রচনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

improvisation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penambahbaikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Improvisation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

即興
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

즉흥
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Improvisasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm lập tức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேம்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुधारणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğaçlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

improvvisazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

improwizacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імпровізація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

improvizație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτοσχεδιασμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

improvisasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

improvisation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

improvisasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of improvisation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPROVISATION»

The term «improvisation» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.286 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
88
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «improvisation» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of improvisation
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «improvisation».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPROVISATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «improvisation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «improvisation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about improvisation

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «IMPROVISATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word improvisation.
1
Mose Allison
As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.
2
Alan Arkin
But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not. Some of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century came out of people dropping things.
3
Ann Beattie
Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other.
4
Andrea Bocelli
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
5
Jon Brion
People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.
6
Carrie Brownstein
With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate parts and putting them together to form something cohesive.
7
Paul Butcher
When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,' it was a great opportunity to be a part of a really funny cutting-edge show on television. I really got into the character, and I was able to do some improvisation, which allowed me to mix in part of my personality into the script.
8
Peter Capaldi
I hated improvisation because in my early days as an actor, improvisation meant somebody had just come down from Oxford and they were doing a play above a pub in Kentish Town, and the biggest ego would win.
9
Pete Carroll
Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.
10
Stanley Crouch
As you know from reading many of these Negro writers, we don't deal too much with the discussion of democracy and what it means and how improvisation fits in all that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPROVISATION»

Discover the use of improvisation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to improvisation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music
Derek Bailey's IMPROVISATION, originally published in 1980, now revised with additional interviews and photographs, deals with the nature of improvisation in all its forms--Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, ...
Derek Bailey, 1993
2
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him.
Keith Johnstone, 2012
3
Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and ...
Collects exercises, games, and other techniques developed by Viola Spolin for stimulating creative expression.
Viola Spolin, 1999
4
The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful ...
A practical guide to conducting improvisation sessions, for teachers, directors and workshop leaders. ***Comes with a full set of improvisation cards to use in any improvisation session The Improvisation Book takes you step-by-step, session ...
John Abbott, 2007
5
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
This book is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation.
Stephen Nachmanovitch, 1991
6
The Big Book of Jazz Piano Improvisation: Tools and and ...
Vital concepts and topics of jazz piano improvisation are thoroughly presented in this outstanding book & CD by master performer and educator, Noah Baerman.
Noah Baerman, 2003
7
Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics
In Improvisation, Samuel Wells defines improvisation in the theater as "a practice through which actors seek to develop trust in themselves and one another in order that they may conduct unscripted dramas without fear.
Samuel Wells, 2004
8
The Piano Improvisation Handbook: A Practical Guide to ...
"The Piano Improvisation Handbook" offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of piano improvisation.
Carl Humphries, 2009
9
Improvisation
Explores the processes and uses of improvisation, not only in theater, but also in therapy and in the development of imagination and self-awareness
John Hodgson, John Reed Hodgson, Ernst Richard, 1987
10
Action Theater: The Improvisation of Presence
Each chapter of this book presents a single day of the twenty-day training which Ruth Zaporah developed into Action Theater, her investigation into the life-reflecting process of improvisation.
Ruth Zaporah, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPROVISATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term improvisation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Why improvisation is not just necessary but mandatory - The …
In fact, academics have been talking about improvisation for at least a decade: in 2005 a group of researchers from different countries ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
The Quietus | News | FESTIVAL REPORT: Copenhagen Jazz Festival
... but also diverting into wayward improvisation, only spoiling the good taste with a few outbreaks of Hancock's sometimes outdated electronics ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
3
Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson reign among improvisational QBs …
Of course, there is a fine line between improvisation and reckless spontaneity. But the spectacular playmakers are capable of balancing risk ... «NFL.com, Jul 15»
4
Plymouth to lead world-first study of jazz. Nice. | Plymouth Herald
"Much of the music was written in the 1920s and 30s, but its appeal lives on through the fact there is so much improvisation involved. «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
5
'Jane the Virgin' Narrator Anthony Mendez on His Emmy Nomination …
In terms of improvisation, I get to play with the words, obviously, which I love. But they're fantastic words! They don't really need anything at all. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
6
Ronan Guilfoyle: Hands | Album review - The Irish Times
To call Ronan Guilfoyle a bassist and composer is not simply to describe him – it also hints at the creative tension between improvisation and ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
MASTERCHEF DRAMA: Your "Official" Finals Week Form Guide …
But it's shortcomings in improvisation that remain her achilles heel, particularly her ability to think on the fly when unexpected errors occur. «Pedestrian TV, Jul 15»
8
Aim for 2016 blues revival - Quad-City Times
So is improvisation. Invite some new players to collaborate and figure out how to move the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in a new direction. «Quad City Times, Jul 15»
9
A Look Inside SF's Creepshow Summer Camp For Kids: SFist
... body language and improvisation. Camp is currently in session, but there are two more Creepshow Camp sessions with slots still available in ... «SFist, Jul 15»
10
The band plays on: 'Shades of Soul' reunites -- again -- for All …
“This was our upbringing,” Ronken said, and pointed to the garage, buzzing with between-songs improvisation. “Not many of us played on the ... «Bemidji Pioneer, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Improvisation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/improvisation>. Jun 2026 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z