Meaning

4 senses

  1. (intransitive)To wear smart clothes and look more stylish

  2. (intransitive)To make something look smart or smarter.

    make neat, smart, or trim

  3. (intransitive)To become less stupid or naive

  4. (transitive)To make less stupid or naive

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Smarten up and stop making dumb plans.

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Forms

smartens up, smartening up, smartened up, smartened up
Base formsmarten up · to smarten up
3rd person singularsmartens up
Present participlesmartening up
Past simplesmartened up
Past participlesmartened up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmarten up
he, she, itsmartens up

Past simpleLesson

all personssmartened up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smartened up
he, she, ithas smartened up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smarten up

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtart updumb down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smarmysmartA1smartlysmartphonesmartysmashB2
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