smart

smart¹ W2S3 [sma:t US sma:rt] adj comparative smarter superlative smartest

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1¦(intelligent)¦

2¦(disrespectful)¦

3¦(neat)¦

4¦(fashionable)¦

5¦(technology)¦

6 the smart money is on somebody/something

7¦(quick)¦

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[: Old English; Origin: smeart]

1.) ¦(INTELLIGENT)¦

especially AmE intelligent or sensible

= ↑clever

≠ ↑stupid

▪ The smart kids get good grades and go off to college.

▪ I was smart enough to wait for a week.

▪ His decision to become a director was a smart move (=sensible thing to do) .

2.) ¦(DISRESPECTFUL)¦

trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way

▪ Don't get smart with me, young man.

▪ He made some smart remark.

3.) ¦(NEAT)¦

BrE

a) a smart person is wearing neat attractive clothes and has a generally tidy appearance

American Equivalent: sharp

≠ ↑scruffy

▪ You're looking very smart .

b) smart clothes, buildings etc are clean, tidy, and attractive

American Equivalent: sharp

▪ a smart black suit

▪ smart new offices

4.) ¦(FASHIONABLE)¦

BrE fashionable or used by fashionable people

▪ one of Bonn's smartest restaurants

5.) ¦(TECHNOLOGY)¦

smart machines, weapons, materials etc are controlled by computers and are designed to react in a suitable way depending on the situation

→↑smart bomb

▪ smart weapons

6.) the smart money is on sb/sth

used to say that a particular person or thing is likely to do something or be successful

7.) ¦(QUICK)¦

BrE a smart movement is done quickly, especially with force

▪ a smart blow on the head

▪ She set off at a smart pace (=fairly fast) .

>smartly adv

▪ a smartly dressed young man

▪ He turned smartly and walked away.

>smartness n [U]

smart ²

smart² v

1.) to be upset because someone has hurt your feelings or offended you

smart from

▪ She was still smarting from the insult.

2.) if a part of your body smarts, it hurts with a stinging pain

▪ My eyes were smarting with the smoke.

smart off [i]phr v

to make funny rude remarks