Smart I Blue Extra Examples Set Adjective Smɑːt

• i have to be smart for work.
• you look very smart in that suit.
• she was incredibly smart in navy blue silk.
• a smart suit

smart

1. looking clean and neat; well dressed in fashionable and/or formal clothes
• I have to be smart for work.
• You look very smart in that suit.
• She was incredibly smart in navy blue silk.
2. clean, neat and looking new and attractive
• a smart suit
• They were wearing their smartest clothes.

Extra Examples

• She was wearing a smart red coat.
• They wear smart blue uniforms.
• smart new shoes
• The car was a smart two-seater.
• The restaurant has a smart new décor.
3. intelligent
• SEE ALSO smarts
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/smarts
• He is obviously a smart guy.
• Why do smart people do such stupid things?
• She's smarter than her brother.
• That was a smart career move.
• OK, I admit it was not the smartest thing I ever did (= it was a stupid thing to do)
• He is too ambitious, too smart for his own good.
• It's always smart to have a Plan B.

Extra Examples

• She's smart enough to know what works and what doesn't.
• If you're smart, you'll take my advice.
• Companies are getting smart about how they use corporate planes.
4. controlled by a computer, so that it appears to act in an intelligent way
• smart bombs
• This smart washing machine will dispense an optimal amount of water for the load.
5. connected with fashionable, rich people
• smart restaurants
• She mixes with the smart set (= fashionable, rich people).

Extra Examples

• She was one of the smart set in the 1920s.
• The reception would be very grand and smart.
6. quick and usually done with force
• SYNONYM brisk
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/brisk
• He was struck with a smart crack on the head.
• We set off at a smart pace.

Word Origin

• Old English smeortan (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German schmerzen; the adjective is related to the verb, the original sense (late Old English) being ‘causing sharp pain’; from this arose ‘keen, brisk’, which led to the current senses of ‘mentally sharp’ and ‘neat in a brisk, sharp style’.