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plural of smart
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the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
- she had the smarts to start college at age 16, but perhaps not the emotional maturity
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smarts
verb
present tense third-person singular of smart
Synonyms of smarts (Entry 2 of 2)
to feel or cause physical pain
- the injection only smarted for a moment
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“Smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarts. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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