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swot
(swɒt)vb, swots, swotting or swotted
(Education) (often foll by up) to study (a subject) intensively, as for an examination; cram
n
Also called: swat 1. (Education) Also called: swotter a person who works or studies hard
2. hard work or grind
[C19: dialect variant of sweat (n)]
swot
(swɒt)n, vb, swots, swotting or swotted
a variant of swat 1
SWOT
abbreviation for
(Marketing) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: an analysis of a product made before it is marketed
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swot1
(swɒt)v.t. swot•ted, swot•ting,
n.
swot′ter, n.
swot2
(swɒt)v. swot•ted, swot•ting,
n. Brit. Slang. v.i.
1. to study or work hard.
n. 2. a student who studies hard; grind.
[1840–50; dial. variant of sweat]
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swot
Past participle: swotted
Gerund: swotting
| Imperative |
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| swot |
| swot |
| Present |
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| I swot |
| you swot |
| he/she/it swots |
| we swot |
| you swot |
| they swot |
| Preterite |
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| I swotted |
| you swotted |
| he/she/it swotted |
| we swotted |
| you swotted |
| they swotted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am swotting |
| you are swotting |
| he/she/it is swotting |
| we are swotting |
| you are swotting |
| they are swotting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have swotted |
| you have swotted |
| he/she/it has swotted |
| we have swotted |
| you have swotted |
| they have swotted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was swotting |
| you were swotting |
| he/she/it was swotting |
| we were swotting |
| you were swotting |
| they were swotting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had swotted |
| you had swotted |
| he/she/it had swotted |
| we had swotted |
| you had swotted |
| they had swotted |
| Future |
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| I will swot |
| you will swot |
| he/she/it will swot |
| we will swot |
| you will swot |
| they will swot |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have swotted |
| you will have swotted |
| he/she/it will have swotted |
| we will have swotted |
| you will have swotted |
| they will have swotted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be swotting |
| you will be swotting |
| he/she/it will be swotting |
| we will be swotting |
| you will be swotting |
| they will be swotting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been swotting |
| you have been swotting |
| he/she/it has been swotting |
| we have been swotting |
| you have been swotting |
| they have been swotting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been swotting |
| you will have been swotting |
| he/she/it will have been swotting |
| we will have been swotting |
| you will have been swotting |
| they will have been swotting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been swotting |
| you had been swotting |
| he/she/it had been swotting |
| we had been swotting |
| you had been swotting |
| they had been swotting |
| Conditional |
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| I would swot |
| you would swot |
| he/she/it would swot |
| we would swot |
| you would swot |
| they would swot |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have swotted |
| you would have swotted |
| he/she/it would have swotted |
| we would have swotted |
| you would have swotted |
| they would have swotted |
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Noun 1. [画像:swot - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious]swot - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Verb 1. swot - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"
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swot
verb
1. (Informal) study, revise, cram (informal), work, get up (informal), pore over, bone up on (informal), burn the midnight oil, mug up (Brit. slang), toil over, apply yourself to, lucubrate (rare) They swotted for their A levels.
noun
1. (Usually disparaging) academic, intellectual, bookworm, egghead (informal), savant, bluestocking (usually disparaging) He was a bit of a swot and excelled at school and university.
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Translations
مُجِدٌّ في العَمَليَدْرُس بِجِديَعْمَلُ باجتِهاد
biflovat-kašprtoun
terpemorakker
päntätä
štrebati
magolmagoló
kúra, puîa, læra stíftkúristi
ガリ勉する
맹렬히 공부하다
kalikas
iekalējskaltzubrītzubrītājs
bifľošbifľovať sa
guliti se
plugga
เรียนอย่างหนัก
ineklemek çok çalışmakinekçi
học miệt mài
swot
[swɒt]A. N → empollón/ona m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
swot
[ˈswɒt] (British) n → bachoteur/euse m/f
vi → bachoter
to swot for sth → potasser qch
I'll have to swot for my maths exam → Je vais devoir potasser mon examen de maths.
to swot for sth → potasser qch
I'll have to swot for my maths exam → Je vais devoir potasser mon examen de maths.
swot up
vt sep → potasser
vi
to swot up on sth → potasser qch
to swot up on sth → potasser qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
swot
(Brit inf)vi → büffeln (inf), → pauken (inf); to swot up (on) one’s maths → Mathe pauken (inf); to swot at something → etw pauken (inf) → or büffeln (inf)
n (pej: = person) → Streber(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
swot
[swɒt]3. n (pej) → sgobbone/a, secchione/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
swot
(swot) – past tense, past participle ˈswotted – verb to study hard, especially by memorizing eg for an examination. studeer يَدْرُس بِجِد зубря estudar biflovat büffeln terpe μελετώ εντατικά empollar tuupima خرخواني كردن opiskella uutterasti bûcher "לִדגוֹר" पढ़ने में कठिन परिश्रम करना bubati, štrebati magol belajar tekun kúra, puða, læra stíft studiare ガリ勉する 기를 쓰고 공부하다 kalti kalt; zubrīt belajar bersungguh-sungguh dengan cara menghafal blokken pugge wkuwać ډیر سخته مطالعه کول marrar зубрить bifľovať sa guliti se bubati plugga เรียนหนัก çok alı��mak, ineklemek 刻苦攻讀 зубрити; товкти سخت محنت سے پڑھنا học gạo, đọc sách miệt mài 刻苦攻读
noun an unkind word for a person who studies hard. ywerige student مُجِدٌّ في العَمَل зубър cdf šprtoun, -ka Streber morakker σπασίκλας empollón tuupur خرخوان hikipinko bûcheur/-euse "דַגרָן" परिश्रमी विद्यार्थी štreber magoló kutu buku kúristi sgobbata ガリ勉 공부 벌레 kalikas iekalējs; zubrītājs ulat buku blokker pugghest kujon سخت مطالعه کوونکی marrão зубрила bifľoš, -ka piflar bubalica plugghäst นักศึกษาที่เรียนหนัก inekçi 死用功 зубрило رٹو یا پڑھاکو người học gạo 用功
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swot
→ يَعْمَلُ باجتِهاد biflovat terpe büffeln μελετώ υπερβολικά empollar päntätä bûcher štrebati sgobbare ガリ勉する 맹렬히 공부하다 blokken pugge wkuć queimar as pestanas зубрить plugga เรียนอย่างหนัก ineklemek học miệt mài 用功读书Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009