smarten
pronunciation
How to pronounce smarten in British English:
UK [ˈsmɑ:tn]
How to pronounce smarten in American English:
US [ˈsmɑrtn]
Word Origin
- smarten (v.)
- "to make smart, to spruce up, to improve appearance," 1786, from smart (adj.) in its sense of "spruce, trim" + -en (1). Related: Smartened; smartening.
Example
- 1. You 'll have to smarten up a bit before going out .
- 2. When will you ever smarten up !
- 3. The government wants to smarten it up for a caribbean cultural festival in 2013 .
- 4. I 'll just smarten up a bit , then we can go .
- 5. He had attempted to smarten himself .