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Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word PERT
PERT
Definitions of PERT
- (of a person) Attractive.
- (of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely. [from 14th c.]
- Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]
- (archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent. [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden. [14th]
- (obsolete) Clever.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.
- (obsolete) An impudent person.
- (operations) Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using PERT in a Sentence
- His earlier efforts, indeed, express the superficial doubt and pert frivolousness characteristic of his time; but in the works of his riper years he is no mere "poet of pleasure," as Thorild contemptuously styled him, but a worthy exponent of earnest moral feeling and wise human sympathies in felicitous and melodious verse.
- Schloss called the symphony "a work of stimulating originality – music of a freshness, exuberance and warmth", the scherzo "pert, garrulous and brimming with delightful humor" and the cavatina "music of great lyric loveliness".
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