SMART


Meaning of SMART in English

(~er, ~est, ~s, ~ing, ~ed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. (mainly BRIT)

He was ~ and well groomed but not good looking...

I was dressed in a ~ navy blue suit.

...~ new offices.

ADJ

~ly

He dressed very ~ly which was important in those days.

...a ~ly-painted door.

ADV: ADV with v

~ness

The jumper strikes the perfect balance between comfort and ~ness.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

You can describe someone who is clever as ~.

He thinks he’s ~er than Sarah is...

Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the ~est move to make.

ADJ

see also ~ly , street ~

3.

A ~ place or event is connected with wealthy and fashionable people.

...~ London dinner parties.

...a ~ residential district.

ADJ: usu ADJ n

4.

Smart bombs and weapons are guided by computers and lasers so that they hit their targets accurately.

ADJ: ADJ n

5.

If a part of your body or a wound ~s, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it.

My eyes ~ed from the smoke.

= sting

VERB: V

6.

If you are ~ing from something such as criticism or failure, you feel upset about it. (JOURNALISM)

The Americans were still ~ing from their defeat in the Vietnam War...

VERB: usu cont, V from n

7.

the ~ money: see money

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