Definitions for smart
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. smart

   Ready, active, and intelligent.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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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

Anagrams for smart »

1. marts

2. trams

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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. Vice President Joe Biden:

   If Donald Trump gets the nomination and wins the election, if he's as smart as I think, he's going to regret having said the things he's said and done.

2. Sean Moran:

   I think Liaoning's visit definitely gives the central government a chance to display its military power. It's quite a positive and smart strategy to step up publicity overall.

3. Jason Hopkins:

   What they've done is frankly very smart, it's sort of a bottom-up approach.

4. Isar Aerospace:

   Space will become a key technological platform for many industries worldwide — from the automotive to the telecoms sector — bringing advances and new capabilities of [ Internet of Things ], data encryption and storage, as well as smart farming applications and surveillance for tackling climate change.

5. Merlin Figama Worshipper:

   Never ever judge a person in the first degree of his/her bad deeds or says, being a smart leader, you must give him/her the opportunity to come back up on his/her conscience, in order to shed credible light on the beauty of the facts.

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