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Word smart
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / smɑːt / NAmE / smɑːrt /
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  • you look very smart in that suit.
  • i have to be smart for work.
  • they were wearing their smartest clothes.
  • she's smarter than her brother.
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smart

(adjective)BrE / smɑːt / NAmE / smɑːrt /
  1. looking clean and neat; well dressed in fashionable and/or formal clothes
    • You look very smart in that suit.
    • I have to be smart for work.
  2. clean, neat and looking new and attractive
    • See related entries: Describing clothes
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_clothes/smart_2
    • They were wearing their smartest clothes.
  3. intelligent
    • 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’s a highly intelligent man.
    • She asked a lot of intelligent questions.
    • She’s smarter than her brother.
    • That was a smart career move.
    • How clever of you to work it out!
    • He’s too clever by half, if you ask me.
    • Clever boy/girl!
    • He’s a brilliant young scientist.
    • She’s probably the brightest student in the class.
  4. connected with fashionable rich people
    • smart restaurants
    • She mixes with the smart set.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

    Extra Examples

    • Companies are getting smart about how they use corporate planes.
    • She’s smart enough to know what works and what doesn’t.
    • If you’re smart, you’ll take my advice.
    • OK, I admit it was not the smartest thing I ever did.
    • She was one of the smart set in the 1920s.
    • She was startlingly smart in navy blue silk.
    • She was wearing a smart red coat.
    • She’s smarter than her brother.
    • That was a smart career move.
    • The car was a smart two-seater.
    • The reception would be very grand and smart.
    • The restaurant has a smart new décor.
    • The smart money is on Sam Mendes for best director.
    • They wear smart blue uniforms.
    • They were all in their smartest clothes.
    • smart new shoes

    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’.
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