improvision
the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
Noun obsolete
- the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
- there would be a main defect, and her improvision justly accusable, if such a feeding animal […] should want a proper conveyance for choler, or have no other receptacle for that humour than the veins and general mass of...
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provision English improvision From im- + provision.
Forms
Noun Entry 2
- the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation
- A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once. - 1948 October, Alexander Maxwell, “Gauges—the Guide to Perfection”, in Popular...
- It was a revolution grounded in exoterics, which may account in some part for the general air of naivety and improvision which surrounds it. - 1987, John Davis, “The Libyan Contribution”, in Libyan Politics: Tribe and...
- There are two general conceptions of improvision. The first, commonly applied is of a rather romantic woolly kind. It suggests that anything can happen in improvisation. - 1991, Martine Millon, Oliver Ortolanai, quoting...
Origin
Etymology tree English improvise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English improvision From improvise + -ion.