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In some senses, improvision is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
improvision
/ˌɪm.pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/
noun 2
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4ADJ.
accusable, general, similar
VERB + IMPROVISION
defect
IMPROVISION + NOUN
modification
ADV.
commonly, justly
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noun
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.
noun
1
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.
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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
Wiktionary02
A similar improvision, a modification of the device used to measure the planar ways (photo 8), makes several measurements at once.
Wiktionary03
It was a revolution grounded in exoterics, which may account in some part for the general air of naivety and improvision which surrounds it.
Wiktionary04
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.
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