smarten

transitive

(transitive) To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up. / (transitive) To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.). / (transitive) To augment with computer technology.

Japanese Meaning

（1）外見をより洗練させる、整える、改装する。 / （2）（歩行などにおいて）移動速度を速くする。 / （3）コンピュータ技術を取り入れて機能を拡張する。

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She asked the stylist to smarten her outfit before the interview.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は面接の前にスタイリストに服装を整えてもらうよう頼んだ。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To make smarter in appearance; to refurbish or spruce up.

The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To increase the speed of (one's travel on foot, etc.).

I braced myself and smartened my pace, shouldering my way through the crowd.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To augment with computer technology.

How do we achieve this smartening of the grid? The CALM approach in the future will be to use reinforcement learning (RL) controllers as a basis for optimizing the synergy between operators and automation.

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smartens

（ present singular third-person ）

smartening

（ participle present ）

smartened

（ participle past ）

smartened

（ past ）

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