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smart

(smärt)

adj. smart·er, smart·est

a. Having or showing intelligence; bright. See Synonyms at intelligent.

b. Canny and shrewd in dealings with others: a smart negotiator.

a. Amusingly clever; witty: a smart quip; a lively, smart conversation.

b. Impertinent; insolent: That's enough of your smart talk.

3. Energetic or quick in movement: a smart pace.

4. Fashionable; elegant: a smart suit; a smart restaurant; the smart set. See Synonyms at fashionable.

5. Capable of making adjustments that resemble those resulting from human decisions, chiefly by means of electronic sensors and computer technology: smart missiles; smart machines.

intr.v. smart·ed, smart·ing, smarts

a. To cause a sharp, usually superficial, stinging pain: The slap delivered to my face smarted.

b. To be the location of such a pain: The incision on my leg smarts.

c. To feel such a pain.

2. To suffer acutely, as from mental distress, wounded feelings, or remorse: "No creature smarts so little as a fool" (Alexander Pope).

1. Sharp pain or anguish: the smart of the wound.

2. smarts Slang Intelligence; expertise: a reporter with a lot of smarts.

Phrasal Verb:

smart off Informal

To speak or act impertinently.

Idiom:

right smart New England & Southern US

A lot; a considerable amount: "We have read right smart of that book" (Catherine C. Hopley).

[Middle English, stinging, keen, alert, from Old English smeart, causing pain.]

smart′ly adv.

smart′ness n.

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smart

(smɑːt)

adj

1. astute, as in business; clever or bright

2. quick, witty, and often impertinent in speech: a smart talker.

3. fashionable; chic: a smart hotel.

4. well-kept; neat

5. causing a sharp stinging pain

6. vigorous or brisk

7. dialect considerable or numerous: a smart price.

8. (Computer Science) (of systems) operating as if by human intelligence by using automatic computer control

9. (Computer Science) (of an electronic device)using digital communication technology to provide many of the functions of a computer, esp internet access and social networking apps: smart phone.

10. (Military) (of a projectile or bomb) containing a device that allows it to be guided to its target

vb (mainly intr)

11. to feel, cause, or be the source of a sharp stinging physical pain or keen mental distress: a nettle sting smarts; he smarted under their abuse.

12. (often foll by for) to suffer a harsh penalty

a stinging pain or feeling

adv

in a smart manner

[Old English smeortan; related to Old High German smerzan, Latin mordēre to bite, Greek smerdnos terrible]

ˈsmartish adj

ˈsmartly adv

ˈsmartness n

Smart

(smɑːt)

(Biography) Christopher. 1722–71, British poet, author of A Song to David (1763) and Jubilate Agno (written 1758–63, published 1939). He was confined (1756–63) for religious mania and died in a debtors' prison

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smart

(smɑrt)

adj. smart•er, smart•est,
v., adv., n. adj.

1. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.

2. quick or prompt in action, as a person.

3. shrewd or sharp, as a person in dealing with others.

4. clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, or rejoinder.

5. neat or trim in appearance, as a person or garment; spruce.

6. socially elegant; sophisticated or fashionable: the smart crowd.

7. saucy; pert: smart remarks.

8. brisk or vigorous: to walk with smart steps.

9. sharply severe, as a blow.

10. sharp or keen: a smart pain.

11. equipped with, using, or containing electronic control devices, as missiles.

12. Computers. intelligent (def. 4).

v.i.

13. to be a source of sharp, local, and usu. superficial pain, as a wound.

14. to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application or a blow.

15. to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound.

16. to suffer keenly from wounded feelings.

17. to feel shame or remorse or to suffer in punishment or in return for something.

v.t.

18. to cause a sharp pain to or in.

adv.

19. in a smart manner; smartly.

20. a sharp local pain, usu. superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.

21. keen mental suffering, as from wounded feelings, affliction, or grievous loss.

22. smarts, Informal. intelligence; common sense.

[before 1050; (v.) Middle English smerten, Old English -smeortan, c. Middle Dutch smerten, Old High German smerzan; (adj.) Middle English smerte, smart, late Old English smearte, akin to the v.]

smart′ly, adv.

smart′ness, n.

smart

Past participle: smarted
Gerund: smarting

Imperative
smart
smart

Present
I smart
you smart
he/she/it smarts
we smart
you smart
they smart

Preterite
I smarted
you smarted
he/she/it smarted
we smarted
you smarted
they smarted

Present Continuous
I am smarting
you are smarting
he/she/it is smarting
we are smarting
you are smarting
they are smarting

Present Perfect
I have smarted
you have smarted
he/she/it has smarted
we have smarted
you have smarted
they have smarted

Past Continuous
I was smarting
you were smarting
he/she/it was smarting
we were smarting
you were smarting
they were smarting

Past Perfect
I had smarted
you had smarted
he/she/it had smarted
we had smarted
you had smarted
they had smarted

Future
I will smart
you will smart
he/she/it will smart
we will smart
you will smart
they will smart

Future Perfect
I will have smarted
you will have smarted
he/she/it will have smarted
we will have smarted
you will have smarted
they will have smarted

Future Continuous
I will be smarting
you will be smarting
he/she/it will be smarting
we will be smarting
you will be smarting
they will be smarting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smarting
you have been smarting
he/she/it has been smarting
we have been smarting
you have been smarting
they have been smarting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smarting
you will have been smarting
he/she/it will have been smarting
we will have been smarting
you will have been smarting
they will have been smarting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smarting
you had been smarting
he/she/it had been smarting
we had been smarting
you had been smarting
they had been smarting

Conditional
I would smart
you would smart
he/she/it would smart
we would smart
you would smart
they would smart

Past Conditional
I would have smarted
you would have smarted
he/she/it would have smarted
we would have smarted
you would have smarted
they would have smarted

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Noun	1.	smart - a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore smarting, smartness hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
Verb	1.	smart - be the source of pain hurt, ache sting, bite, burn - cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" burn - feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning" itch - have or perceive an itch; "I'm itching--the air is so dry!" hunger - feel the need to eat thirst - feel the need to drink act up - make itself felt as a recurring pain; "My arthritis is acting up again" throb - pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing" shoot - cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg" cause to be perceived - have perceptible qualities
Adj.	1.	smart - showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" stupid - lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
	2.	smart - elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut" chic, voguish stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"
	3.	smart - characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" bright intelligent - having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
	4.	smart - 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!" overbold, sassy, saucy, impudent, impertinent, wise, fresh forward - used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
	5.	smart - painfully severe; "he gave the dog a smart blow" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	6.	smart - quick and brisk; "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace" fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
	7.	smart - capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons" automatic - operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts"

smart

adjective

1. chic, trim, neat, fashionable, stylish, fine, elegant, trendy (Brit. informal), spruce, snappy, natty (informal), modish, well turned-out I was dressed in a smart navy-blue suit.
chic scruffy, dowdy, unfashionable, dull, old-fashioned, sloppy, out-of-date, naff (Brit. slang), outmoded, passé, uncool, unhip (slang), fogeyish, untrendy (Brit. informal)

2. clever, bright, intelligent, quick, sharp, keen, acute, shrewd, apt, ingenious, astute, canny, quick-witted He thinks he's much smarter than Sarah.
clever thick, stupid, dull, slow, foolish, dense, dumb (informal), daft (informal), idiotic, moronic, unintelligent, dumb-ass (slang), dim-witted (informal)

3. fashionable, stylish, chic, genteel, in vogue, voguish (informal) smart dinner parties

4. brisk, quick, lively, vigorous, spirited, cracking (informal), spanking, jaunty We set off at a smart pace.

verb

1. sting, burn, tingle, pain, hurt, throb My eyes smarted from the smoke.

2. feel resentful, feel annoyed, feel offended, feel wounded, feel indignant He is still smarting over criticism of his clumsy performance.

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smart

adjective

1. Mentally quick and original:

alert, bright, clever, intelligent, keen, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted.

Idiom: smart as a whip.

2. Amusing or pleasing because of wit or originality:

clever, scintillating, sparkling, witty.

3. Rude and disrespectful:

assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy.

Informal: brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.

Slang: wise.

4. Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters:

astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, wise.

Informal: savvy.

5. Being or in accordance with the current fashion:

à la mode, chic, dashing, fashionable, mod, modish, posh, stylish, swank, swanky, trig.

Informal: classy, in, sharp, snappy, swish, tony, trendy.

Slang: with-it.

Idioms: all the rage, up to the minute.

verb

To feel or cause to feel a sensation of heat or discomfort:

bite, burn, sting.

noun

1. A sensation of physical discomfort occurring as the result of disease or injury:

ache, pain, pang, prick, prickle, soreness, stab, sting, stitch, throe, twinge.

Informal: misery.

2. Slang. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge.Used in plural:

brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, sense, understanding, wit.

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listo elegante despierto arder arreglado

smart

[smɑːt]

A. ADJ (smarter (compar) (smartest (superl)))

1. (= elegant) [person, appearance, clothes, car, decor] → elegante; [garden] → bien arreglado; [house] → bien puesto
to look smart [person] → estar elegante; [restaurant, hotel] → ser elegante; [home] → estar muy bien puesto

2. (= chic) [suburb, party, restaurant] → elegante; [society] → de buen tono, fino
the smart set → la buena sociedad, la gente de buen tono

3. (= clever) [person] → listo, inteligente; [idea] → inteligente, bueno; [computer, bombs, missiles] → inteligente
that was pretty smart of you → ¡qué listo or astuto!
that wasn't very smart → no ha sido una idea muy buena
he was too smart for me → era muy listo y me ganó la batalla
smart work by the police led to an arrest → la inteligente labor de la policía condujo a un arresto
the smart money is on the French → la gente que entiende apuesta por los franceses

4. (pej) (= cocky) don't get smart with me! → ¡no te las des de listo conmigo!
she's too smart for her own good → se pasa de lista
she's got a smart answer to everything → tiene respuesta para todo

5. (= brisk) [pace, action] → rápido
look smart about it! → ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (LAm)
give the nail a smart tap → dale un golpe seco al clavo

B. VI

1. (= sting) [wound, eyes] → escocer, picar, arder (esp LAm); [iodine etc] → escocer
my eyes are smarting → me escuecen or me pican los ojos
the smoke made his throat smart → el humo le irritó la garganta

2. (fig) → dolerse
she's still smarting from his remarks → todavía se duele or se resiente de sus comentarios
to smart under an insult → sentirse dolido por una injuria

C. N smarts (US) (= brains) → cerebro msing
to have the smarts to do sth → ser lo suficientemente inteligente como para hacer algo

D. CPD smart Alec N → sabelotodo mf, sabihondo/a m/f
smart bomb N → bomba f con mecanismo inteligente
smart card N → tarjeta f electrónica, tarjeta f inteligente
smart phone N → teléfono m inteligente

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smart

(smaːt) adjective

1. neat and well-dressed; fashionable. You're looking very smart today; a smart suit.elegante

2. clever and quick in thought and action. We need a smart boy to help in the shop; I don't trust some of those smart salesmen.listo, despierto

3. brisk; sharp. She gave him a smart slap on the cheek.rápido, brusco

verb

1. (of part of the body) to be affected by a sharp stinging feeling. The thick smoke made his eyes smart.escocer, picar, arder

2. to feel annoyed, resentful etc after being insulted etc. He is still smarting from your remarks. sentirse ofendido/resentido

noun

the stinging feeling left by a blow or the resentful feeling left by an insult. He could still feel the smart of her slap/insult.dolor, resentimiento

ˈsmarten (often with up) verb

to make or become smarter. He has smartened up a lot in appearance lately.arreglar

ˈsmartly adverb

The soldiers stood smartly to attention; She is always smartly dressed.elegantemente

ˈsmartness noun

elegancia

ˈsmart bomb noun

a bomb that is designed to locate the target and hit it accurately. bomba inteligente

ˈsmart card noun

an advanced version of a credit card, with a computer memory, which can be used for such purposes as paying money and identification. targeta inteligente

smart

→ elegante

smart

a. inteligente, listo-a.

smart

adj inteligente, listo; vi doler, arder

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In testimony of the extent to which he smarted, Mr Fledgeby came wallowing out of the easy-chair, and took another roll on the carpet.