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pert / pərt/ • adj. (of a girl or young woman) sexually attractive because lively or saucy: a pert Belgian actress. ∎ (of a bodily feature or garment) attractive because neat and jaunty: she had a pert nose and deep blue eyes. ∎ (of a young person or their speech or behavior) impudent: no need to be pert, miss. ∎ another term for peart.DERIVATIVES: pert·ly adv.pert·ness n.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

PERT

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PERT Abbrev. for performance evaluation and review techniques. Management techniques for planning, scheduling, and controlling projects. Dependencies are drawn as directed graphs to show the logical sequence of activities that must occur before a project can be completed. See also critical path method.

A Dictionary of Computing JOHN DAINTITH

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pert (dial.) expert, intelligent XIII; open, manifest XIV; forward in behaviour XIV; (dial.) brisk, lively XVI. Aphetic of †apert (in these senses) XIII; — OF. apert — L. apertus open, pp. of aperīre; partly blended with OF. aspert, espert :- L. expertus expert.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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pert. • abbr. pertaining.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

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pert. pertaining

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH