smarten
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˈsmɑːt(ə)n/
Definition of smarten
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
“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.”
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verb
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(transitive)To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
“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.”
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(transitive)To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).
“I braced myself and smartened my pace, shouldering my way through the crowd.”
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(transitive)To augment with computer technology.
“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.”
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Etymology
From smart + -en.
Words you can make from smarten
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58 words- AMENS 7 pts
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4-letter words
78 words- AMEN 6 pts
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3-letter words
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