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How to pronounce “smart”
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Pronunciation guide for smart
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of smart with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Yolande Strengers & Jenny Kennedy
Our guests are the authors of the new book called The Smart
- Definition summary
- (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce smart
Yolande Strengers & Jenny Kennedy

Our guests are the authors of the new book called The Smart
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “smart”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
- (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
- (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- [Adjective]
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Sudden and intense.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- (Southern US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
- (Appalachia) Hard-working.
- [Noun]
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- Clipping of smart money.
- (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
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