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# swot

noun (a swot, swots); verb (swot, swots, swotted, swotting; swot up) — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ informal; SWOT (abbreviation)

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

## Everyday

1. (UK informal, teasing) A swot is a pupil who studies very hard, sometimes said in a mocking way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#m1)
2. (UK informal) To swot or swot up is to study hard, especially before a test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#m2)
3. SWOT (capitals) is short for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, a way to plan or judge an idea in business or school projects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#m3)

### In the lessons

School talk in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ: «Stop being such a swot!» can be teasing, but working hard is a good thing. «Swot up on your spellings before Friday». In the USA a similar word is «nerd» or «grind». In business studies, a SWOT analysis is a four-box table.

### Examples

- She's a swot and always does extra homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x1)
- I need to swot up on my times tables. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x2)
- He spent the weekend swotting for his test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x3)
- Don't call people swots for working hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x4)
- We did a SWOT analysis of our school fair plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x5)
- Being a swot paid off when she won the quiz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/swot/#x6)

### Note

Informal, mostly British-English countries. Verb doubles the t: swotted, swotting. Do not confuse with «swat» (to hit a fly). Teasing someone for studying hard is unkind.

## On Mova

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