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Meaning of improvision | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən

Definitions

  1. the lack of provision, a failure to provide something
  2. the act of improvising, or something improvised; improvisation

Equivalents

Türkçe doğaçlama

Examples

“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 blood.”
“A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once.”
“It was a revolution grounded in exoterics, which may account in some part for the general air of naivety and improvision which surrounds it.”
“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.”
“Tonal centring: Providing a tonal centre, scale, or harmonic ground as a base for the client's improvision”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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