Improvise and Make

Improvise

Improvise verb - To perform, make, or do without preparation.

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Make and improvise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Improvise".

Nearby Words: improvisation, improvising

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Improvise and make are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Improvise" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

kind	improvise kind	make kind
speech	improvise speech	make speech
time	improvise time	make time
way	improvise way	make way
Other words: story, trip, version, movie, weapons.

They make their play and quickly improvise to the other's until one of them says 'checkmate'.

Source: Manga / Death Note
He'd purposely been told by Flanery and director Troy Duffy that it would make no sound and that he would have to improvise his reaction.

Source: Enforced Method Acting / Film
The Critic wrote a very basic rant, but admitted that he knew nothing of the details of LARPing and asked that Spoony improvise to make it more authentic.

Source: Harpo Does Something Funny

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