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# smart

adjective (smart, smarter, smartest); verb (smart, smarts, smarted, smarting); noun (smarts — informal, cleverness)

«smart» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Smart means clever and quick to learn and understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#m1)
2. Smart (especially in the UK, Ireland, Australia) means neat, tidy and well-dressed: a smart uniform. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#m2)
3. Smart describes a machine that uses a computer and the internet: a smartphone, a smart speaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#m3)
4. To smart means to sting or hurt sharply: my eyes smarted from the smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#m4)

### In the lessons

At school: «smart» praise for clever thinking; a «smart» school uniform for photo day. In safety: «be smart online» — keep passwords private and do not talk to strangers. «Smart devices» are taught in computing lessons. In stories, «a smart answer» may also mean a rude, cheeky reply. Phrases: smart idea, look smart, smartphone, smart board, street smart, smart aleck.

### Examples

- She is smart and solves puzzles quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x1)
- You look very smart in your new blazer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x2)
- That was a smart idea to bring an umbrella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x3)
- Our classroom has a smart board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x4)
- The smoke made my eyes smart. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x5)
- Be smart online and never share your address. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x6)
- Don't get smart with me, young man! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x7)
- Dad asked the smart speaker to play music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x8)
- Wow, but it's a fine feeling to be so smart!" [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/#x9)

### Note

Adjective: smarter, smartest. American English uses «smart» mostly for clever; British, Irish and Australian English also use it often for neat and well-dressed. «Smart» as a cheeky reply («Don't be smart») is a telling-off. Being smart is not only being clever: hard work and asking questions count too.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to suffer or be hurt as a result.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs says that keeping bad company or guaranteeing a stranger's debt brings suffering. Tradition reads these as practical warnings from wise teaching.

### Examples

- He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but the companion of fools shall smart for it. (Writings PRO.13.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smart/#x1)
- He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; but he that hateth them that strike hands is secure. (Writings PRO.11.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smart/#x2)

### Note

Adjective: smarter, smartest. American English uses «smart» mostly for clever; British, Irish and Australian English also use it often for neat and well-dressed. «Smart» as a cheeky reply («Don't be smart») is a telling-off. Being smart is not only being clever: hard work and asking questions count too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «smart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smart» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/smart.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «smart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/smart/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«smart» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/smart.html) on Mova free.