Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smartening up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
smarten-ing up
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of smarten up

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What does smartening up mean?
present participle and gerund of smarten up

How to pronounce smartening up

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