smart
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /smɑɹt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /smɑːt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan (“to smart”), 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.
VerbEdit
smart (third-person singular simple present smarts, present participle smarting, simple past smarted or (obsolete) smort, past participle smarted or (obsolete) smorten)
- (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
- After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"
- 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, OCLC 688657546:
- He moved convulsively, and as he did so, said, "I'll be quiet, Doctor. Tell them to take off the strait waistcoat. I have had a terrible dream, and it has left me so weak that I cannot move. What's wrong with my face? It feels all swollen, and it smarts dreadfully."
- (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
- a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith's Encouragement
- A goad that […] smarts the flesh.
- a. 1652, Thomas Adams, Faith's Encouragement
- (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
- 1735, [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London; Dublin: Re-printed by George Faulkner, bookseller, […], OCLC 6363280:
- No creature smarts so little as a fool.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 11:15:
- He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
- 1790, Ann Ward Radcliffe, chapter 11, in A Sicilian Romance[1], HTML edition:
- Meanwhile the Abate exulted in successful vengeance, and the marquis smarted beneath the stings of disappointment.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to hurt or sting
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English smert, smart, from Old English smeart (“smarting, smart, painful”), from Proto-Germanic *smartaz (“hurting, aching”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert (“painful, smart”), Old Frisian smert (“sharp, painful”).
AdjectiveEdit
smart (comparative smarter or more smart, superlative smartest or most smart)
- Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 19, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 20599507:
- I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.
- (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
- Synonyms: cultivated, educated, learned; see also Thesaurus:learned
- Antonyms: ignorant, uncultivated, simple
- (often in combination) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
- smart car
- smartcard
- smartphone
- Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
- Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
- Synonym: silly
- He became tired of his daughter's sarcasm and smart remarks.
- Don't get smart with me!
- 1728, Edward Young, Satire
- Who, for the poor renown of being smart / Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
- 1711 October 1 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “THURSDAY, September 20, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 175; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697:
- I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart, when my ill genius, who I verily believed inspired him purely for my destruction, suggested to him such a reply
- Sudden and intense.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:
- smart skirmishes, in which many fell
- 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:
- There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.
- Causing sharp pain; stinging.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:
- How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience.
- Sharp; keen; poignant.
- a smart pain
- (Southern US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
- He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.
- That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.
- (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
- 1697, Virgil, “Georgic 1”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
- The stars shine smarter.
- (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- a smart gown
- (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
- a smart breeze
Related termsEdit
- book smart
- nonsmart
- outsmart
- quicksmart
- semismart
- smart aleck
- smart appliance
- smart arse
- smart as a whip
- smart as paint
- smartass
- smart band
- smartboard
- smart bomb
- smartbook
- smart card
- smart casual
- smart chance
- smart city
- smart contract
- smart cookie
- smartdust
- smarten
- smarten up
- smartglasses
- smart grid
- smart home
- smartish
- smartling
- smartly
- smartman
- smart meter
- smartmodem
- smart money
- smart-money
- smartmouth
- smartmouthed
- smartness
- smart off
- smartpen
- smartphone
- smart pointer
- smart quotes
- smart-reference proxy
- smarts
- smart set
- smartsizing
- smart speaker
- SmartStamp
- smart steaming
- smart ticket
- smart TV
- smarty
- smartypants
- street-smart
- street smarts
- supersmart
- ultrasmart
- unsmart
- whip-smart
- work smarter, not harder
DescendantsEdit
TranslationsEdit
causing sharp pain; stinging
sharp; keen; poignant
exhibiting social ability or cleverness
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exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books
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equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology)
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good-looking
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cleverly shrewd and humorous
intense in feeling; painful
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Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English smerte, from smerten (“to smart”); see above. Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smart, Low German smart, German Schmerz, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta. More above.
NounEdit
smart (plural smarts)
- A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
- 1567, Ovid, “(please specify the book number or chapter)”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], OCLC 1085261494:
- […] the bodie had no smart
Of any wound: it was the minde that felt the cruell stings.
- 1715–1720, Homer; [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book 5”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], OCLC 670734254, lines 176-178, page 25:
- If chance some Shepherd with a distant Dart
The Savage wound, he rowzes at the Smart,
He foams, he roars […]
- 1871, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 12, in Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, OCLC 634069:
- Of course Tommy came to grief, tumbled upon a hornets’ nest and got stung; but being used to woe, he bore the smart manfully […]
- 1948, Graham Greene, The Heart of the Matter, London: Heinemann, Book One, Part One, Chapter 1, section 8, p. 42,[2]
- The smart of his wounded hand woke Scobie at two in the morning.
- Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto vii, page 101:
- Mishaps are maistred by aduice discrete,
And counsell mitigates the greatest smart;
Found neuer help, who neuer would his hurts impart.
- 1673, John Milton, “Anno aetatis 17. On the Death of a fair Infant dying of a Cough”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], OCLC 1050806759, page 20:
- But oh why didst thou not stay here below
To bless us with thy heav’n lov’d innocence, […]
To stand ’twixt us and our deserved smart
But thou canst best perform that office where thou art.
- 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter VIII, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, OCLC 3359935, page 130:
- I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry,—I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart—God knows what its name was,—that tears started to my eyes.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
- […] Bertrand said, ‘No, you bloody idiot, do you think I drink this? I want mineral water.’ The girl recoiled for just a second at the smart of his tone […] and then apologized with steely insincerity.
- Smart-money.
- (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, London: A. Millar, 3rd edition, 1743, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 27,[3]
- […] I resolved to quit all further Conversation with Beaus and Smarts of every kind […]
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews, London: A. Millar, 3rd edition, 1743, Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 3, p. 27,[3]
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart (neuter smart, plural and definite singular attributive smarte, comparative smartere, superlative (predicative) smartest, superlative (attributive) smarteste)
- (of a solution, contraption, plan etc.) well thought-out, neat
- snazzy, fashionable, dapper
Derived termsEdit
DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- smert (dialectal)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch smarte, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną. Cf. German Schmerz, English smart.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smart f (plural smarten)
Usage notesEdit
- Other than in the saying met smart, the word is nowadays considered to be dated.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English smart, 19th c.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart (strong nominative masculine singular smarter, comparative smarter, superlative am smartesten)
- smart (exhibiting social ability or cleverness)
- Synonyms: aufgeweckt, clever, gewitzt, pfiffig
- 1862, “Amerikanische Zwangsmaßregel”, in Die Gartenlaube[4], number 20, page 320:
- Während in New York und andern östlichen Städten der einfachste kürzeste Proceßgang darin besteht, ist in vielen der westlichen Staaten ein „smarter“ Miether im Stande, fast noch ein Jahr nach geschehener Aufkündigung ein Haus zu bewohnen, ohne nur einen Pfennig Miethe zu zahlen.
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- 1910, Walther Kabel, Der schlafende Fakir[5]:
- Da vertraute ich mich meinem Chef, Herrn William Hawkens, an, der ein viel zu smarter Geschäftsmann ist, als daß er nicht das nötige Verständnis für diese unter Umständen recht einträgliche Idee gehabt hätte.
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- 2017, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Thomas M. Grupp, Maître en droit (Aix-Marseille III), “Entwicklungen im Umfeld einer Rechts- und Gerichtsstandswahl in Zeiten von Brexit”, in Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (EuZW)[6], number 24, page 977:
- Die ersichtlichen Bemühungen, einen smarteren Ausstieg aus der EU zu erreichen, decken sich mit den beiden eingangs schon erwähnten Positionspapieren, die von der britischen Regierung im August 2017 zu Themen einer grenzüberschreitenden zivilgerichtlichen Zusammenarbeit und zur Rechtsdurchsetzung und Streitlösung (Dispute Resolution) veröffentlicht worden sind.
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- smart (good-looking, well-dressed)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of smart
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist smart | sie ist smart | es ist smart | sie sind smart | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | smarter | smarte | smartes | smarte |
| genitive | smarten | smarter | smarten | smarter | |
| dative | smartem | smarter | smartem | smarten | |
| accusative | smarten | smarte | smartes | smarte | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der smarte | die smarte | das smarte | die smarten |
| genitive | des smarten | der smarten | des smarten | der smarten | |
| dative | dem smarten | der smarten | dem smarten | den smarten | |
| accusative | den smarten | die smarte | das smarte | die smarten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein smarter | eine smarte | ein smartes | (keine) smarten |
| genitive | eines smarten | einer smarten | eines smarten | (keiner) smarten | |
| dative | einem smarten | einer smarten | einem smarten | (keinen) smarten | |
| accusative | einen smarten | eine smarte | ein smartes | (keine) smarten | |
Comparative forms of smart
Superlative forms of smart
Further readingEdit
MalteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
smart
Middle EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart
- Alternative form of smert
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart (neuter singular smart, definite singular and plural smarte, comparative smartere, indefinite superlative smartest, definite superlative smarteste)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “smart” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart (neuter singular smart, definite singular and plural smarte, comparative smartare, indefinite superlative smartast, definite superlative smartaste)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “smart” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SpanishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
smart (invariable)
- smart (with smart technology)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
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AdjectiveEdit
smart (comparative smartare, superlative smartast)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of smart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | smart | smartare | smartast |
| Neuter singular | smart | smartare | smartast |
| Plural | smarta | smartare | smartast |
| Masculine plural3 | smarte | smartare | smartast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | smarte | smartare | smartaste |
| All | smarta | smartare | smartaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||