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Definition: IMPROVISO |
IMPROVISOAdjective1. Not prepared or mediated beforehand; extemporaneous. |
Date "IMPROVISO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Improviso \Im`pro*vi"so\, adjective. [Latin expression improvisus unforeseen; compare to Italian expression improvviso.]. (Websters 1913) |
"IMPROVISO" is a common misspelling or typo for: improvise, improvised, improviser. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Impulse | Adverb: extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: IMPROVISO |
| Non-English Usage: "IMPROVISO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (unexpected/ (ex improviso) suddenly), Portuguese (ad lib, extempore, impromptu), Spanish (unawares, unexpected, unexpectedly). |
| Language | Translations for "improviso"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | improvisoay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "IMPROVISO": improvisor, improvisors. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "IMPROVISO" (pronounced 'Im`pro*vi"so'): Adviso, Affettuoso, Also, Arioso, Aviso, Basso, Betso, Calypso, Capricioso, Catso, Corosso, Corozo, Curioso, Doloroso, Furioso, Gesso, Glorioso, Grazioso, Gustoso, Howso, Joso, Kousso, Lacrimoso, Maestoso, Peso, Pomposo, Proviso, sargasso, Spiritoso, torso, Verso, Vigoroso, Virtuoso, Whatso, Whereso, Wherso, Whoso. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-m-o-o-p-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: improvs, proviso. | |
-3 letters: improv, pooris, porism, primos, promos, vrooms. | |
-4 letters: impis, moors, poori, primi, primo, prims, prism, promo, proms, proso, romps, rooms, sopor, spoor, visor, vroom. | |
-5 letters: impi, imps, iris, miri, mirs, miso, moor, moos, mops, mors, oops, piso, pois, poms, poor, prim, prom, pros, rims, rips, romp, roms, room, simp, sori, spiv, vims. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-m-o-o-p-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: improvisor. | |
+2 letters: improvisors. | |
+3 letters: improvisator, overoptimism, overoptimist. | |
+4 letters: corporativism, improvisation, improvisatore, improvisatori, improvisators, improvisatory, overoptimisms, overoptimists, overpromising. | |
+5 letters: corporativisms, improvisations, improvisatores, overoptimistic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 50 52 4F 56 49 53 4F |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. .-. --- ...- .. ... --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01010000 01010010 01001111 01010110 01001001 01010011 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M P R O V I S O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 0050 0052 004F 0056 0049 0053 004F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)434750524956435349 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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