Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smarten

/ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: smart-en
IPA: /ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.

Transitive verb

verb

To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).

Transitive verb

verb

To augment with computer technology.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
"I braced myself and smartened my pace, shouldering my way through the crowd."
"How do we achieve this smartening of the grid? The CALM approach in the future will be to use reinforcement learning (RL) controllers as a basis for optimizing the synergy between operators and automation."

Etymology

From smart + -en.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

smartens (present, singular) smartening (participle, present) smartened (participle, past) smartened (past)

Phrases

smarten up

Synonyms

computerize

Rhymes With

martin barton spartan carton parton tartan marten marton garton darton mcmartin harten

Questions

How do you pronounce smarten?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/.
What does smarten mean?: To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
Where does smarten come from?: From smart + -en.

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