Explore Smarten through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Smarten meaning
- To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.
- To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).
- To augment with computer technology.
Using Smarten
- The main meaning on this page is: To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up. | To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.). | To augment with computer technology.
- In the example corpus, smarten often appears in combinations such as: smarten up, to smarten.
Context around Smarten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smarten
- In this selection, "smarten" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include doesn t smarten up and need to smarten up your. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smarten" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smarten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Smarten up people who are you protecting? (7 words)
These limited time deals can save you hundreds on big ticket tech items and a sizable percentage on everything you need to smarten up your home. (26 words)
Type either term into any word processing environment and you’ll immediately be greeted by a squiggly red line beneath it, telling you to smarten up. (26 words)
These limited time deals can save you hundreds on big ticket tech items and a sizable percentage on everything you need to smarten up your home. (26 words)
Type either term into any word processing environment and you’ll immediately be greeted by a squiggly red line beneath it, telling you to smarten up. (26 words)
That man needs a serious reality check, and he might get it in the form of his career being over if he doesn’t smarten up. (26 words)
Smarten up people who are you protecting? (7 words)
Example sentences (4)
Smarten up people who are you protecting?
These limited time deals can save you hundreds on big ticket tech items and a sizable percentage on everything you need to smarten up your home.
Type either term into any word processing environment and you’ll immediately be greeted by a squiggly red line beneath it, telling you to smarten up.
That man needs a serious reality check, and he might get it in the form of his career being over if he doesn’t smarten up.
Common combinations with smarten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- smarten up 4×
- to smarten 2×