- smart
- I UK [smɑː(r)t] / US [smɑrt]
adjective
Word forms "smart":
adjective smart comparative smarter superlative smartest
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1)a) clean and neat in appearance and dressed in nice fashionable clothes, especially in a slightly formal waySandy's looking very smart today.
b) used about someone's clothesa smart blue suit
2)a) intelligentSophie is a smart hard-working student.
If you were smart, you'd buy now before prices go up.
They're smart enough to ask all the right questions.
b) done with intelligence or careful thoughtStarting a pension scheme now would be a smart move.
a smart question
3) speaking or behaving in a clever or funny way that shows a lack of respectboys who are punished for being smart in class
get smart with someone:a smart answer/attitude
Don't get smart with me!
4) connected with rich fashionable peoplethe smart set (= fashionable people):one of the smarter suburbs of Rome
a restaurant popular with the smart set
5) a smart movement is quick and full of force or energya smart rap on the knuckles
6) smart machines, especially weapons, use computer technology to make them effectivesmart mines/bombs
Derived words:
smartly
UK / US adverba smartly dressed young man
He moved pretty smartly to block the goal.
smartness
noun uncountable
II UK [smɑː(r)t] / US [smɑrt] verb [intransitive]
Word forms "smart":
present tense I/you/we/they smart he/she/it smarts present participle smarting past tense smarted past participle smarted1) to hurt with a sudden sharp painThe smoke made my eyes smart.
2) [usually progressive] to become very upset by something that has happened or that someone has said or donesmart from:The Prime Minister was still smarting from his defeat in the vote.
III UK [smɑː(r)t] / US [smɑrt] noun [singular]1) a short sharp pain2) a feeling of being upset by something that has happened or that someone has said or done•See:
English dictionary. 2014.