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smart
What does smart mean?
smart (adjective): showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce smart?
/smɑɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does smart come from?
From Middle English smert, smart, from Old English smeart (“smarting, smart, painful”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of smart?
Words related to smart
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “smart” mean?
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
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of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Not quite: that's what domestic means.
occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable
Not quite: that's what random means.
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
Not quite: that's what impossible means.
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