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improvision

noun
/ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/UK

Etymology

From improvise + -ion.

  1. derived from prōvīsiō — “preparation, foresight”
  2. derived from provision
  3. inherited from provisioun
  4. formed as improvision — “in- + provision”

Definitions

  1. 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 blood.

  2. the act of improvising, or something improvised

    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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for improvision. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA