smarts

smarts
(chiefly US) intelligence; smartness

A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.


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  • smarts — [sma:ts US sma:rts] n [U] AmE informal intelligence ▪ If she had any smarts, she d get rid of the guy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • smarts — [n] intelligence acuity, acumen, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains*, brightness, brilliance, cleverness, competence, comprehension, gray matter*, intellect, IQ*, judgment, know how, mind, perception, perspicacity, precocity, reason, savvy,… …   New thesaurus

  • smarts — present third singular of smart plural of smart * * * smarts UK [smɑː(r)ts] US [smɑrts] noun [uncountable] american informal intelligence Thesaurus: intelligence, intuition and ability to understand …   Useful english dictionary

  • SMARTS — Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification (SMILES) ist ein chemischer Strukturcode, bei dem die Struktur beliebiger Moleküle stark vereinfacht als (ASCII )Zeichenkette wiedergegeben werden. Mehrere Molekül Editoren können SMILES Strings …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • smarts — n. intelligence. □ She’s got plenty of smarts but no spunk. □ I got the smarts to do the job. All I need is someone to trust me …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • smarts — noun Smarts is used after these nouns: ↑street …   Collocations dictionary

  • smarts — n intelligence, wits. A coinage inspired by the word wits itself and/or brains . The word is American, but is occasionally heard in Britain. She s got more than her share of smarts …   Contemporary slang

  • smarts — intelligence, mental ability    Jen gets good grades. She has the smarts to win a scholarship …   English idioms

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