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Meaning of smart | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Common
smɑɹt

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
  3. Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
  4. Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology; also S.M.A.R.T.: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
    abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  5. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
  6. To speak or act impertinently.
  7. Clipping of smart money.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  8. A lot; a considerable amount: "We have read right smart of that book" (Catherine C. Hopley).
  9. A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
    dated, slang
  10. To feel or cause to feel a sensation of heat or discomfort:bite, burn, sting.
  11. 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. krenking وَخْزَه، إهانَه، لَطْمَه смъдене dor palčivý pocit der Schmerz svien τσούξιμο/προσβολή dolor, resentimiento kipitus, (solvumis)tunne رنج polte douleur cuisante כְּאֵב חַד अपमान oštra bol, žeženje sajgás rasa sakit sár sviði; gremja dolore; bruciore 痛み 쓰린 아픔, 분노 įskaudinimas smeldze; smeldzošas sāpes rasa sakit scherpe pijn sviende smerte piekący ból سوځېدل...
  12. to make or become smarter. He has smartened up a lot in appearance lately. slimmer word يَتَحَسَّن، يُحَسِّن спретвам (се) tornar(-se) elegante být elegantněji upraven sich herausputzen fikse op γίνομαι κομψότερος arreglar mukkima, üles lööma به سر و وضع خود رسيدن siistiytyä devenir plus élégant לְהִתגַנדֵר सजाना, संवारना dotjerati se, udesiti se kicsípi magát merapikan vera/verða smartari/smekklegri í klæðaburði (diventare più elegante) 身ぎれいにする 스마트해지다 pasitempti uzcirsties; kļūt attapīgākam ...
  13. The soldiers stood smartly to attention; She is always smartly dressed. netjies بأناقَه спретнато garbosamente okamžitě; elegantně schneidig raskt; fikst σβέλτα, έξυπνα, κομψάelegantemente viksilt, stiilselt آراسته täsmällisesti promptement; élégammentבזריזות, יפה तीव्रता से, प्रचण्डता पूर्वक, फर्ती के साथ elegantno elegánsan rapi rösklega; glæsilega elegantemente きちんと 스마트하게 puošniai, tvarkingai, pasitempus eleganti; smalki; attapīgi dengan kemas keurigfikst, fint, flott elegancko په ځيركۍ ga...
  14. netheid أناقَه спретнатост elegância bystrost; elegance die Klugheit det, som er smart/fikst εξυπνάδα, κομψότηταelegancia elegants آراستگي tyylikkyys promptitude; éléganceפיקחות तीव्रता, प्रचण्डता, सख्ती žestina, oštroumnost élénkség; eszesség; csinosság kerapian glæsileiki abilità; eleganza いき 스마트함 puošnumas, tvarkingumas, pasitempimas elegance; smalkums; attapība kekemasan keurigheid det som er fikst/fiffig elegancja, bystrość ځيركتيا، هوښياري elegância promptitudine; eleganţă молодцеватост...
  15. a bomb that is designed to locate the target and hit it accurately. slim bom قُنْبُلَه ذَكِيَّه самонасочваща се бомба bomba precisa řiditelná bomba die Bombe mit Zielsteuerung smartbomb; datastyret bombe ηλεκτρονική βόμβα, έξυπνη βόμβα bomba inteligente isejuhitav pomm نوعي بمب täsmäpommi bombe intelligente טִיל מוּנחֶה स्मार्ट बम “pametna” bomba, s navođenjem irányított bomba bom tepat sasaran bomba intelligente スマート爆弾(目標に誘導される) (유도 폭탄) 스마트 폭탄 kompiuteriu valdoma bomba šāviņš ar lāzertēmēju...
  16. an advanced version of a credit card, with a computer memory, which can be used for such purposes as paying money and identification. slimkaart بِطاقَه ذَكِيَّه смарт карта smart card paměťová karta die Smart-karte smartkort ηλεκτρονική κάρτα, έξυπνη κάρτα targeta inteligente kiipkaart كارت اعتباري älykortti carte à puce כַּרטִיס “חָכַם” स्मार्ट कार्ड pametna kartica intelligens kártya, memóriakártya kartu ATM (carta di credito intelligente) IC、メモリーなどを組み込んだクレジットカードなど (마이크로 프로세서가 장착된) 스마트 카드 k...
  17. inteligente, listo-a.

Equivalents

العربية ذكي شاطر
Azərbaycanca ağıllı
Беларуская разу́мны
Български красив пари рязък умен
বাংলা চতুর
Deutsch gescheit intelligent klug schmerzen
Esperanto dolori piki
Eesti nutikas
فارسی هوشمند
Gaeilge galánta
Galego elegante vivo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi akamai
עברית חכם
Magyar okos
Հայերեն խելացի խելոք
Bahasa Indonesia elegan elok necis
Íslenska flottur klár snjall
Қазақша ақылды
ខ្មែរ ឆ្លាត
Kurdî doler elegant elok necis zekî
Latina callidus
ລາວ ສະຫລາດ
Lietuvių protingas
Latviešu gudrs
Te Reo Māori mangeo tau
Македонски паметен умен
मराठी हुशार
မြန်မာဘာသာ နပ် လျင်
Português doer elegante esperto inteligente
Slovenčina Bystrý chytrý
Shqip i zgjuar
Svenska elegant göra ont klok smart smärta
ไทย ฉลาด
اردو ہوشیار
Oʻzbekcha aqlli bilimli
Tiếng Việt giòi lanh lợi thông minh thông tuệ

Examples

“[…] the bodie had no smart / Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.”
“If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart / The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart, / He foams, he roars […]”
“Of course Tommy came to grief, tumbled upon a hornets’ nest and got stung; but being used to woe, he bore the smart manfully […]”
“The smart of his wounded hand woke Scobie at two in the morning.”
“Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete, / And counsell mitigates the greatest smart; / Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.”
“But oh why didst thou not stay here below / To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […] / To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart / But thou canst best perform that office where thou art.”
“I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry,—I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart—God knows what its name was,—that tears started to my eyes.”
“[…] Bertrand said, ‘No, you bloody idiot, do you think I drink this? I want mineral water.’ The girl recoiled for just a second at the smart of his tone […] and then apologized with steely insincerity.”
“[…] I reſolved to quit all further Converſation vvith Beaus and Smarts of all kinds, […]”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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