Definitions for Smart
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. smart, smarting, smartnessadjective

   a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

2. smartadjective

   showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

3. chic, smart, voguishadjective

   elegant and stylish

   "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

4. bright, smartadjective

   characterized by quickness and ease in learning

   "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

5. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective

   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!"

6. smartadjective

   painfully severe

   "he gave the dog a smart blow"

7. smartadjective

   quick and brisk

   "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"

8. smartverb

   capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

   "smart weapons"

9. ache, smart, hurtverb

   be the source of pain

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smartadjective

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. Pungent; sharp; causing smart.

   How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience? William Shakespeare.

   To the fair he fain would quarter show,
   His tender heart recoils at every blow;
   If unawares he gives too smart a stroke,
   He means but to correct, and not provoke. George Granville.

   2. Quick; vigorous; active.

   That day was spent in smart skirmishes, in which many fell. Edward Hyde.

   This sound proceeded from the nimble and smart percussions of the ambient air, made by the swift and irregular motions of the particles of the liquors. Boyle.

   3. Producing any effect with force and vigour.

   After show’rs,
   The stars shine smarter, and the moon adorns,
   As with unborrow’d beams, her sharpen’d horns. Dryden.

   4. Acute; witty.

   It was a smart reply that Augustus made to one that ministred this comfort of the fatality of things: this was so far from giving any ease to his mind, that it was the very thing that troubled him. John Tillotson.

   5. Brisk; vivacious; lively.

   You may see a smart rhetorician turning his hat in his hands, during the whole course of his harangue. A deaf man would think he was cheapening a beaver. Addison.

2. Smartnoun

   Etymology: smeorta , Saxon; smert, Dutch; smarta, Swedish.

   1. Quick, pungent, lively pain.

   Then her mind, though too late, by the smart, was brought to think of the disease. Philip Sidney.

   2. Pain, corporal or intellectual.

   Mishaps are master’d by advice discreet,
   And counsel mitigates the greatest smart. Fairy Queen.

   It increased the smart of his present sufferings, to compare them with his former happiness. Francis Atterbury.

3. Smartnoun

   A fellow affecting briskness and vivacity. A cant word.

4. To Smartverb

   Etymology: smeortan , Saxon; smerten, Dutch.

   1. To feel quick lively pain.

   When a man’s wounds cease to smart, only because he has lost his feeling, they are nevertheless mortal. South.

   Human blood, when first let, is mild, and will not make the eye or a fresh wound smart. Arbuthnot.

   2. To feel pain of body or mind.

   He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov.

   No creature smarts so little as a fool.
   Let peals of laughter, Codrus! round thee break,
   Thou unconcern’d can’st hear the mighty crack. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smart

   Smart generally refers to an individual or system possessing or demonstrating quick-witted intelligence or having the ability to make good decisions and judgments. In technological context, smart often refers to devices or systems that are automated, connected, or able to carry out tasks without human intervention, often using advanced features and functions based on technology, like smartphones or smart homes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Smartverb

   to feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart

2. Smartverb

   to feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil

3. Smartverb

   to cause a smart in

4. Smartverb

   quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles

5. Smartverb

   severe, pungent pain of mind; pungent grief; as, the smart of affliction

6. Smartverb

   a fellow who affects smartness, briskness, and vivacity; a dandy

7. Smartverb

   smart money (see below)

8. Smartverb

   causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste

9. Smartverb

   keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain

10. Smartverb

    vigorous; sharp; severe

11. Smartverb

    accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever

12. Smartverb

    efficient; vigorous; brilliant

13. Smartverb

    marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying

14. Smartverb

    pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown

15. Smartverb

    brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze

16. Etymology: [OE. smerte. See Smart, v. i.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SMart

   SMart is a British CBBC television programme based on the subject of art, which began in 1994 and ended in 2009. The programme was recorded at BBC Television Centre in London, previously it had been recorded in Studio A at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham. The format is similar to the Tony Hart programmes Take Hart and Hartbeat. The show was revamped into an hour-long show in 2007; it was previously a 25 minute show. The 'older' 25 minute shows from 1994-2005 also featured Morph, originally from Take Hart. It has 199 episodes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Smart

   smärt, n. quick, stinging pain of body or mind: smart-money: a dandy.—v.i. to feel a smart: to be punished.—adj. causing a smart: severe: sharp: vigorous, brisk: acute, witty, pert, vivacious: well-dressed, fine, fashionable: keen in business: creditable, up-to-the-mark.—v.t. Smart′en, to make smart, to brighten (with up).—adv. Smart′ly.—ns. Smart′-mon′ey, money paid by a recruit for his release before being sworn in: money paid for escape from any unpleasant situation or engagement: excessive damages: money allowed to soldiers and sailors for wounds; Smart′ness; Smart′-tick′et, a certificate granted to one entitled to smart-money; Smart′-weed, a name given to some of the Milkworts from their acrid properties, esp. Polygonum Hydropiper, or Waterpepper; Smart′y, a would-be smart fellow. [A.S. smeortan; Dut. smarten, Ger. schmerzen.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smart

   Said of a program that does the Right Thing in a wide variety of complicated circumstances. There is a difference between calling a program smart and calling it intelligent; in particular, there do not exist any intelligent programs (yet — see AI-complete). Compare robust (smart programs can be brittle).

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smart

   Ready, active, and intelligent.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smart

   A form of intelligent, practical and logical technology.

   Smart technology is a term used to describe intelligent, practical and logical technology.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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1. smart

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SMART

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Smart is ranked #1388 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Smart surname appeared 25,528 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Smart.
   
   72.8% or 18,595 total occurrences were White.
   20.2% or 5,172 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 633 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.1% or 549 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 403 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 176 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Cause To Be Perceived

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Smart' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3340

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Smart' in Adjectives Frequency: #724

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Anagrams for Smart »

1. marts

2. trams

3. stram

How to pronounce Smart?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say Smart in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Smart in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Smart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Smart in a Sentence

1. Ashlan Cousteau:

   Whenever you’re in nature, be respectful. Don’t touch things. Don’t poke things. You’re just there to observe, be smart when you’re in the water and just remember the sharks aren’t there to bother you so just make sure you don’t bother them.

2. Richard Schmalensee:

   Smart people in industry have every incentive to work on that, but they don't really have any incentive to look forward 20 years, and we think that's the DOE's (Department of Energy's) job.

3. Latrice Parler:

   My daughters were amazing, beautiful, smart, strong little girls that could have been anything in this world if they had the opportunity to grow up, but that was taken from me and all of everyone else in this world.

4. Valentina Melnikova:

   Here they got some smart-aleck lawyers who said,' OK, we'll observe at least this( law), we won't send conscripts,' it's absurd and nonetheless illegal.

5. David Miller:

   If he is smart, he will turn himself in, all I want is to see him turn a new leaf and have a better life.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Smart
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Smart
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Smart
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Smart
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Smart
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Smart
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Smart
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Smart