Topic: COMPUTERS
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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | smeart |
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smart1 S3 W2
comparative smarter, superlative smartest
comparative smarter, superlative smartest1 intelligent or sensible [= clever; ≠ stupid]: The smart kids get good grades and go off to college. I was smart enough to wait for a week.
intelligent
especially American EnglishThe smart kids get good grades and go off to college.I was smart enough to wait for a week.2 trying to seem clever in a disrespectful way : He made some smart remark.
disrespectful
He made some smart remark.3
neat
British Englisha) a smart person is wearing neat attractive clothes and has a generally tidy appearance [= sharp American English; ≠ scruffy]:
b) smart clothes, buildings etc are clean, tidy, and attractive [= sharp American English] a smart black suit smart new offices
a smart black suitsmart new offices4 fashionable or used by fashionable people : one of Bonn's smartest restaurants
fashionable
British Englishone of Bonn's smartest restaurants5TD smart machines, weapons, materials etc are controlled by computers and are designed to react in a suitable way depending on the situation [↪ smart bomb]: smart weapons
technology
smart weapons6 used to say that a particular person or thing is likely to do something or be successful
the smart money is on somebody/something
7 a smart movement is done quickly, especially with force : a smart blow on the head
quick
British Englisha smart blow on the head —smartly adverb: a smartly dressed young man He turned smartly and walked away.
a smartly dressed young manHe turned smartly and walked away. —smartness noun [uncountable]
