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Meaning smart meaning

What does smart mean?
Definitions in simple English

smart Adjective

— Someone who is smart shows intelligence. My friend is really smart; he has an IQ of 152. You know algebra? Wow, you're smart! You took the shortcut? That was smart!

smart

— adjective showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness — adjective (= chic, voguish) elegant and stylish chic elegance a smart new dress a suit of voguish cut — adjective characterized by quickness and ease in learning some children are brighter in one subject than another smart children talk earlier than the average — adjective (= fresh, impertinent, impudent, wise) improperly forward or bold don't be fresh with me impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup an impudent boy given to insulting strangers Don't get wise with me! — verb (= ache) be the source of pain — adjective capable of independent and apparently intelligent action smart weapons — adjective painfully severe he gave the dog a smart blow — adjective quick and brisk I gave him a smart salute we walked at a smart pace — noun a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Synonyms smart synonyms

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smart English » English

clever intelligent wise sting sharp shrewd quick bright stylish cunning neat sly spruce hurt fashionable crafty chic elegant astute keen ingenious adroit ache sagacious prompt dashing capable brilliant brainy witty wily tingle skilled saucy quick-witted pain expert agile able trim sharp-witted nimble fine acute tidy spiffy sneaky skilful sensible prudent

Topics smart topics

What do people use smart to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity

Humor
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain
Language and thought Think Mind

Intelligent
Social behavior Behavior Self-controlled

Tidy
States Quality Good

Right, proper

Conjugation smart conjugation

How do you conjugate smart?

smart · verb

Examples smart examples

How do I use smart in a sentence?

Simple sentences

She's really smart, isn't she?
You're quite smart.
It was a pleasure to spend the evening with a smart, funny and beautiful girl like you.
That boy is very smart.
What a smart guy!
You're a smart boy.
A smart dog never barks for no reason.
I think both Tom and Mary are smart.
This dog is very smart.
You look smart in the shirt.
Indeed. He is young, but smart for his age.
He can't be smart if he can screw up something like that.
That looks smart on you.
The smart boy could solve all the difficult problems with great ease.
Jill is smart as well as pretty.
Judy is smart.
I don't like his smart way of talking.
Some smart alecks cut in when I was asking her to marry me.
My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
Never have I seen such a smart child.
He is no less smart than his brother.
How smart!
That salesman looks pretty smart.
Smart shopping requires careful planning.
Don't get smart with me, or you'll get a black eye!
He is good-looking and smart.
He is a very smart boy.

Movie subtitles

And you're all very smart!
Heloise is this whip-smart student who wants the answer to human existence.
Josh, you are so smart.
I'm sure she's smart in her own way.
You must be smart.
You looked very smart in the parade this morning, Detective Shepherd.
Well, goodness me, you do look smart!
She was so smart.
You are a smart and charming dinner companion.
Don't be smart, Murdoch.
About Mrs Smart? She's quite insistent.
Mrs Smart has a severe chest infection.
And yet her daughter informs me that Mrs Smart has already agreed to medical evacuation?
Maybe you need to tell her that you are a. wonderful, talented, smart black man that forgives her.
She's beautiful, smart.
She's too smart not to think her lie would be discovered.
There's an honored guest tonight. He's one of those men, who are being feted by the smart-set.
And this one here, Scabby. What a smart guy he is.
Smart guy, Rico.
Oh, don't you look smart!
Very smart!
But, oh, how smart he gets when he bends over a typewriter.
See, you're nice and you're smart.
You're too smart.
You ain't so smart. Books don't hide everything.
It's to be smart and very private.
Say, you're a pretty smart girl, aren't you?
I'm not that fucking smart.
Yeah. Smart, mm-hmm.
Smart, ain't it?
My, you're smart.
Hello, you look very smart.
I'd like to go someplace smart with you, like the opera.
Well, baby, you're not very smart.
You're just as smart as Legrand.
Smart fella, this boy.

News and current affairs

Fortunately, he is smart enough to know this.
Now an explosion of new media devices is joining the TV set: DVDs, computers, game boxes, smart phones, and more.
But they should pursue smart consolidation rather than unthinking austerity.
Even Saddam is smart enough to avoid this trap, so he and Iran's ayatollahs will posture and grandstand and thus move oil prices up a bit.
Not all projects aimed at protecting biodiversity are a smart use of public resources.
Though the SDGs will aim largely to improve daily life for the very poor, a cool-headed economic assessment suggests that there are also smart biodiversity targets that should be considered.
This does not mean that climate change is not important; it means only that the EU's climate policy is not smart.
And the real cost will likely be much higher, because these numbers assume smart policies, instantly enacted, with key technologies magically available.
Smart grid systems can enable big savings in emissions, but require a plan for putting them into effect.
That looks like a really smart investment.
Different countries will choose different strategies, but we will all need to get to the same place: a new energy system built on low-carbon sources, electrification of vehicles, and smart, energy-efficient buildings and cities.
Combining hard and soft power into a smart strategy, it turns out, is not easy.
Smart taxes should be phased in gradually to allow households and firms time to adjust and for new technologies to come on stream.
If the world economy embraces a new growth pattern - one that harnesses advanced technologies like smart phones, broadband, precision agriculture, and solar power - we can spread prosperity while saving the planet.
But examples of smart migration practices abound.
The smart and friendly teenagers were eager to learn how to surf the Internet, just installed in their school.
A moratorium on conventional coal plants would be a smart place to start.
Their outlook nowadays is the product of these two worldviews - suspicious of others' motives and proud of themselves as smart, tough negotiators and not without their own resources.
The Fund is staffed by a large number of smart economists, who lack much connection to (and appreciation for) the institutional realities of the countries on which they work.
A smart response to the crisis can perpetuate these trends.
Perhaps, but let's not forget that a lot of very smart people in the financial industry thought the same thing until quite recently.
Today, however, they can interact with any number of people from anywhere in the world in a matter of seconds on their smart phones.
They know that, for a country like China, whose growing economic and military power risks scaring its neighbors into forming counter-balancing coalitions, a smart strategy must include efforts to appear less frightening.
Given the slump in energy prices, there has never been a better time to undertake the transition to smart, credible, and effective carbon pricing.
Neither the federal government nor the states have political mandates, funding strategies, or long-term plans to catalyze investment in the next generation of smart, clean technologies.

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