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Streetwise

Definition: Streetwise

Streetwise

Adjective

1. Having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: Streetwise

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Streetwise (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Streetwise

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Streetwise has a number of different meanings.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Streetwise."

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Commercial Usage: Streetwise

DomainTitle

Books

  • How to Ace Calculus: The Streetwise Guide (reference)

  • How to Ace the Rest of Calculus: The Streetwise Guide: Including Multi-Variable Calculus (reference)

  • Streetwise Barcelona (reference)

  • Streetwise Maximize Web Site Traffic: Build Web Site Traffic Fast and Free by Optimizing Search Engine Placement (reference)

  • Streetwise Amsterdam (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Streetwise - Skateboarding - Licence To Skate (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Streetwise

"Streetwise" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 69.44% of the time. "Streetwise" is used about 72 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)69.44%5048,117
Adverb (general)23.61%1785,106
Noun (proper)6.94%5157,705
                    Total100.00%72N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Streetwise

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "streetwise": streetwise-raver-hardcore-homeboy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Streetwise

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

streetwise

63

streetwise software

18

streetwise map

11

marketing streetwise

3

music streetwise

2

sports streetwise

2

promotion streetwise

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Streetwise

Language Translations for "streetwise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

tapasztalt (cunning, experienced, know one's onions, non-starter, practiced, practised, proficient, seasoned, sophisticated, versed, veteran), alvilági életben jártas. (various references)

   

Italian

  

scafato. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eetwisestray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Streetwise

Misspellings

"Streetwise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: strretwise. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Streetwise"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "streetwise" (pronounced strē"twī'z)
3-w ī' zclockwise, crosswise, edgewise, lengthwise, likewise, otherwise, sidewise, soliloquize.

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Anagrams: Streetwise

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-r-s-s-t-t-w"

-2 letters: retwists, sweetest, sweeties, tweeters, twisters.

-3 letters: eeriest, resites, retests, retwist, settees, setters, sitters, streets, sweeter, sweetie, teeters, tersest, testees, testers, testier, tweeter, twister, westers, wetters.

-4 letters: esters, etwees, reests, resees, resets, resews, resist, resite, retest, reties, rewets, seiser, serest, series, sestet, settee, setter, sewers, sirees, sister, sitter, steers, steres, street, strews, sweets, teeter.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-r-s-s-t-t-w"
 

+2 letters: bittersweets.

 

+5 letters: bittersweetness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Bibliography


  

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