"Smartness" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
The state or quality of being intelligent, clever, or cleverness. It refers to the mental sharpness and ability to learn, understand, and be sensitive to what is happening around you.
To become or make someone more intelligent, knowledgeable, or perceptive. <br><br>Example: "He's trying to smarten up his students with more challenging assignments."
Having a very high level of intelligence, often used to describe someone with exceptional mental abilities or a high IQ.
A portable electronic device that integrates common computer and phone functions into one unit, typically with a touchscreen interface and a high-resolution display, allowing users to send texts, make phone calls, access the internet, take photos, and play games, among other features.
A smartphone is a handheld, all-in-one communication and entertainment device that offers the functionality of a computer, camera, audio player, and internet access.
The word "smarty" can have two different meanings.<br><br>1. A person who is clever or intelligent, often in a way that is annoying or boastful.<br>Example: "He's such a smarty pants, always knowing the answers to every question."<br><br>2. A smart person, opposite of dim-witted or dumb.<br><br>However, it is worth noting that there is a more idiomatic use of this word as "smarty pants", which is perhaps more commonly used in American English, implying, ironically, the opposite meaning of someone who is not actually smart, more inclined to talk about it than to actually use it.