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BNC: 21827 COCA: 36228

smarten

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smarten /ˈsmɑɚtn̩/ verb
smartens; smartened; smartening
smarten
/ˈsmɑɚtn̩/
verb
smartens; smartened; smartening
Learner's definition of SMARTEN

smarten up

[phrasal verb]
US
: to become more intelligent or aware : to become smarter变得更聪明;变得更机敏
smarten (someone or something) up or smarten up (someone or something) : to make (someone or something) smarter or more aware使更聪明;使更机敏
smarten (someone or something) up or smarten up (someone or something) : to make (someone or something) neat and attractive使整洁;使漂亮
BNC: 21827 COCA: 36228

smarten

verb

smart·​en ˈsmär-tᵊn How to pronounce smarten (audio)
smartened; smartening ˈsmärt-niŋ How to pronounce smarten (audio)
ˈsmär-tᵊn-iŋ

transitive verb

: to make smart or smarter
especially : spruce
usually used with up

intransitive verb

: to smarten oneself
used with up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The subtle, pink-hued elixir is housed inside a handsome chiseled glass bottle that is sure to smarten up any home bar. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 July 2022 This will not only smarten up the tree but, more importantly, also leave a small, clean wound that will heal more quickly. Washington Post, 7 July 2021 The real question is can NBA owners smarten up and become less greedy and give the finalists more than two months off before the start of a new season. Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2021 Among some of the other ways Kohler is attempting to smarten up your bathroom: ► Smart toilet. Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2021 Anecdotally, says Abrahamsen, when looking through more recent pitch decks from other startups to investors, entrepreneurs also appear to be smartening up to the trend. Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2020 Made by the same company that creates all sorts of robots to smarten formerly dumb gadgets, this curtain bot is on Kickstarter for $69. Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2019 Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google showed off one of the first steps on the path to smartening up headphones with the Pixel Buds’ real-time translation last year. Vlad Savov, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2018 More than that, like the platforms, the media needs to smarten up about ways that extremists successfully manipulate the media into writing about them. Casey Newton, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1782, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of smarten was in 1782
BNC: 21827 COCA: 36228

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