smart

CEFRA1

/smɑɹt/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Clever; to hurt with a sharp feeling.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    To cause a smart or sting in.

Examples

  • I have to be smart for work.

  • She's really smart, isn't she?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

  2. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To hurt or sting.

More examples

In context

  • You look smart in the shirt.

  • After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"

  • You look smart in that business suit.

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.