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pert (pʉrt)

adjective

  1. bold or impudent in speech or behavior; saucy; forward
  2. chic and jaunty
  3. Dialectal in good spirits or health; lively; brisk
  4. Obsolete clever

Etymology: ME, aphetic for apert < OFr < L apertus, open: see aperture

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PERT definition

☆ PERT (pʉrt)

Etymology: < P(rogram) E(valuation and) R(eview) T(echnique)

a system of planning, scheduling, controlling, and reviewing a series of interdependent events in order to follow a proper sequence and complete a project as quickly and inexpensively as possible

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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