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Meaning of "smoothen" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMOOTHEN

smoothen  [ˈsmuːðən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOOTHEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smoothen is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb smoothen in English.

WHAT DOES SMOOTHEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of smoothen in the English dictionary

The definition of smoothen in the dictionary is to make or become smooth.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SMOOTHEN

PRESENT

Present
I smoothen
you smoothen
he/she/it smoothens
we smoothen
you smoothen
they smoothen
Present continuous
I am smoothening
you are smoothening
he/she/it is smoothening
we are smoothening
you are smoothening
they are smoothening
Present perfect
I have smoothened
you have smoothened
he/she/it has smoothened
we have smoothened
you have smoothened
they have smoothened
Present perfect continuous
I have been smoothening
you have been smoothening
he/she/it has been smoothening
we have been smoothening
you have been smoothening
they have been smoothening
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I smoothened
you smoothened
he/she/it smoothened
we smoothened
you smoothened
they smoothened
Past continuous
I was smoothening
you were smoothening
he/she/it was smoothening
we were smoothening
you were smoothening
they were smoothening
Past perfect
I had smoothened
you had smoothened
he/she/it had smoothened
we had smoothened
you had smoothened
they had smoothened
Past perfect continuous
I had been smoothening
you had been smoothening
he/she/it had been smoothening
we had been smoothening
you had been smoothening
they had been smoothening
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will smoothen
you will smoothen
he/she/it will smoothen
we will smoothen
you will smoothen
they will smoothen
Future continuous
I will be smoothening
you will be smoothening
he/she/it will be smoothening
we will be smoothening
you will be smoothening
they will be smoothening
Future perfect
I will have smoothened
you will have smoothened
he/she/it will have smoothened
we will have smoothened
you will have smoothened
they will have smoothened
Future perfect continuous
I will have been smoothening
you will have been smoothening
he/she/it will have been smoothening
we will have been smoothening
you will have been smoothening
they will have been smoothening
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would smoothen
you would smoothen
he/she/it would smoothen
we would smoothen
you would smoothen
they would smoothen
Conditional continuous
I would be smoothening
you would be smoothening
he/she/it would be smoothening
we would be smoothening
you would be smoothening
they would be smoothening
Conditional perfect
I would have smoothen
you would have smoothen
he/she/it would have smoothen
we would have smoothen
you would have smoothen
they would have smoothen
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been smoothening
you would have been smoothening
he/she/it would have been smoothening
we would have been smoothening
you would have been smoothening
they would have been smoothening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you smoothen
we let´s smoothen
you smoothen
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to smoothen
Past participle
smoothened
Present Participle
smoothening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMOOTHEN


burthen
ˈbɜːðən
Carmarthen
kɑːˈmɑːðən
disburthen
dɪsˈbɜːðən
heathen
ˈhiːðən
leathern
ˈlɛðən
northern
ˈnɔːðən
overburthen
ˌəʊvəˈbɜːðən
southern
ˈsʌðən
unburthen
ʌnˈbɜːðən
wreathen
ˈriːðən
writhen
ˈrɪðən
wrythen
ˈraɪðən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMOOTHEN

smooth-running
smooth-shaven
smooth-spoken
smooth-talk
smooth-talker
smooth-talking
smooth-tongued
smoothable
smoothbore
smoothbored
smoother
smoothie
smoothies
smoothing circuit
smoothing iron
smoothish
smoothly
smoothness
smoothpate
smoothy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMOOTHEN

Beuthen
earthen
eothen
lathen
lengthen
now then
overlengthen
restrengthen
sithen
strengthen
the heathen
then
there and then
youthen

Synonyms and antonyms of smoothen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smoothen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMOOTHEN

Find out the translation of smoothen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smoothen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smoothen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

顺畅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

suavizar
570 millions of speakers

English

smoothen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

smoothen
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تنعيم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

разглаживают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

suavizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইস্ত্রি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lisser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Smoothen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glätten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

滑らかにする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부드럽게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smoothen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

smoothen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மென்மையாக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुळगुळीत करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

smoothen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lisciare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wygładzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розгладжують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

netezi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λειάνετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smoothen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utjämna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jevnes
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smoothen

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTHEN»

The term «smoothen» is regularly used and occupies the 104.193 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOOTHEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «smoothen» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «smoothen» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smoothen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOOTHEN»

Discover the use of smoothen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smoothen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
... with one quotation ; to be regarded as a freak. slack Se slacken : as T0ugh(en) ; aee slack(en). smooth Sc smoothen : the OED gives numerous examples of smoothen, each of which, however, makes one wonder afresh why on earth ( except ...
Henry Watson Fowler, 1994
2
Modern English
Our lexicographers are, to a man, transcendentalists, on occasion. Take Dr. Johnson, for instance. Excepting, as a preposition, he calls "improper"-; and smoothen is, to him, "bad". On the other hand, womanize, he legislates, though " not used", ...
Fitzedward Hall, 1873
3
Signal Transduction: Pathways, Mechanisms and Diseases: ...
Smoothen and Frizzleds are seven transmembrane receptors expressed in tumor cells and mediate Hedgehog and b-catenin signaling, respectively. Smoothen and Frizzleds also promote progression of certain types of cancers (Dorsam and  ...
Ari Sitaramayya, 2009
4
Production And Operations Management
(Z>) Advertising and Sales Promotion : To smoothen the demand to match the supply the advertisement is so timed to see that demand is increased in slack period or to shift the demand from peak period to slack period. By this the production ...
P Rama Murthy, 2005
5
Corneal Dystrophies
Technical details: first major prominent subepithelial tissue is removed manually, e.g. with a hockey blade, before excimer laser ablation is applied to remove intras- tromal opacifications and especially smoothen the surface (by use of masking ...
Walter Lisch, B. Seitz, 2011
6
Normal Approximation and Asymptotic Expansions
In the general case (i.e., when Q, may not be integrable) we smoothen Ql by convolving it with a smooth kernel K, (a probability measure with an integrable c.f. , which for small 8 assigns most of its mass near zero) and apply the above ...
Rabindra N. Bhattacharya, Ramaswamy Ranga Rao, 1986
7
Sermons for every Sunday and festival of the year, chiefly ...
smoothen the rugged paths of self- denial and reformation. 1. Sin is an alienation of the affections from God, and ati attempt to extract happiness from the enjoyment of created things, in opposition to the will of the Creator, — The first duty, ...
Jean Baptiste Massillon (bp. of Clermont.), 1807
8
Garner's Modern American Usage
The latter is a needless variant—e.g.: “But eventually, Dr. Toaff insists, the knobs and bulges will smoothen [read smooth] out.” Natalie Angier, “One Woman's Decision Against a Hysterectomy,” N.Y. Times, 18 Feb. 1997, at C1. The verb is often ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
9
Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering ...
In theory, a moving window varying from 2 × 2 to 9 × 9 can be used to smoothen the data with either a linear model or curved surface model. However, how to determine the 'best' outcome from many smoothened datasets still depends on the ...
Mircea Gh Negoita, Robert J. Howlett, L. C. Jain, 2004
10
Multimedia Image and Video Processing
The median operation is introduced in order to smoothen the segmented object silhouettes and also eliminate any isolated misclassified pixels that may appear as impulsive-type noise. Square filter windows of size 5x5 and 7x7 provide a good ...
Ling Guan, S.Y. Kung, Yifeng He, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOOTHEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smoothen is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Let's try to smoothen our ties with China
Our relationship with China has been tricky at best and volatile at worst these past few months (years even). It's obvious that we don't want to fight, but at the ... «Philippine Star, Jun 15»
2
Barakah gets Shell contract to smoothen flow of oil and gas
KUALA LUMPUR: Barakah Offshore Petroleum has received a letter of award from Sarawak Shell Bhd and Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd to supply equipment ... «The Star Online, May 15»
3
MAH CET CAP 2015: 5 important do`s to smoothen the Admission …
Centralized Admission Process(CAP) for admission 2015-17 batch of MBA/MMS/PGDM programmes across Maharashtra for Maharashtra domicile as well as for ... «MBAUniverse.com, May 15»
4
5 Ways To Smoothen Frizzy Hair
We all love summer but the harsh sun, humidity and pollution can take a toll on our hair. They make hair frizzy and unmanageable. Already frizzy hair can turn ... «BoldSky, May 15»
5
Do more to smoothen COE supply
One way to mitigate the roller-coaster ride in COE premiums is to smoothen the supply of COEs. In anticipation of the feast-or-famine cycle, COEs can be ... «The Straits Times, Mar 15»
6
Rezepte, Mixer, Bücher | Smoothen Sie sich gesund!
Was heißt eigentlich Smoothie? „Smooth“ ist Englisch und bedeutet so viel wie feincremig. Obst, Fruchtmark und Gemüse werden im Mixer fein püriert, damit ... «BILD, Jan 15»
7
GST to smoothen business process for ecommerce firms
The proposed Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha last month, is expected ... «Fibre2fashion.com, Jan 15»
8
Hyundai promoting younger execs in bid to 'smoothen an eventual …
Reuters frames the promotions as earmarked to "smoothen an eventual leadership succession" at Hyundai. The family-owned company is currently chaired by ... «Autoblog, Dec 14»
9
Smoothen Russian Rough Edges
Much like recent years, this year too the Russian president visited India for 20 odd hours which resulted in Russia deciding to build at least 12 nuclear reactors in ... «The New Indian Express, Dec 14»
10
Putin visit may smoothen way to Russian rough diamonds
SURAT: The Russian diamond mining giant Alrosa and Indian diamantaires can expect a big ticket announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ... «Times of India, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Smoothen [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/smoothen>. May 2024 ».
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