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swot1 nounswot2 verb swotswot1 /swɒt $ swɑːt/ noun [countable]   - Everyone else in the class hated him because they thought he was a real swot.
- At school I certainly wasn't a swot, but I wasn't a layabout, either.
- In Annie's own youth Ruth would have been a swot in suburbia.
someone who works hard► hardworking · Colleagues described him as a quiet, hardworking young man.· She's not our best employee, but at least she's hardworking.· Unfortunately, the school has just lost two of its best and most hardworking teachers. ► workaholic someone who wants to work all the time and who cannot relax when they are not working: · Steve's doing a sixty-hour week at the moment - I never realized he could be such a workaholic.· Selling is a career that seems to attract workaholics. ► industrious someone who is industrious works hard and effectively: · Most of the students I knew at college were serious and industrious.· The Omanis are industrious people, striving to make their country prosperous. ► dedicated someone who is dedicated works very hard at something because they care about it a lot, even though the job is difficult or does not earn them much money: · Janie's a wonderful nurse - completely dedicated.· The lifeboat service is run by a team of dedicated volunteers.dedicated to: · The group is dedicated to the conservation of the environment.dedicated to doing something: · Worknet has a staff of 28 people, dedicated to assisting the community in their search for employment or training.dedicated sportsman/gardener etc (=someone who is dedicated to their sport, gardening etc): · As a dedicated sportsman, Steven trained every day of the week. ► committed if a person, organization, or country is committed to a particular job or idea, they really believe in it and want it to succeed, and are willing to work very hard to achieve this: committed to: · Edinburgh sees itself as a university of the new millennium, committed to research and teaching.committed to doing something: · Tanzania is a country committed to building socialism in the long term.highly committed: · The company looks for highly committed people, who are willing to study for further professional qualifications in their own time. ► studious someone who is studious likes to spend their time reading and studying in order to be more successful at school, college etc: · Francis didn't bother with clothes or make-up. She was an extremely serious and studious young girl.· Angus's round glasses made him look studious. ► swot British /grind American informal someone who spends too much time studying: · Everyone else in the class hated him because they thought he was a real swot. British English informal someone who spends too much time studying and seems to have no other interests – used to show disapproval—swotty adjectiveswot1 nounswot2 verb swotswot2 verb (past tense and past participle swotted, present participle swotting) [intransitive] VERB TABLEswot |
| Present | I, you, we, they | swot | | he, she, it | swots | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | swotted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have swotted | | he, she, it | has swotted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had swotted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will swot | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have swotted |
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| Present | I | am swotting | | he, she, it | is swotting | | you, we, they | are swotting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was swotting | | you, we, they | were swotting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been swotting | | he, she, it | has been swotting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been swotting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be swotting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been swotting |
- He's sure to pass - he's been swotting away for months.
- I was too busy swotting for my exams to be much interested in girls.
- For students from the United States, life at Oxford requires more than just swotting up on their chosen subjects.
- Select one topical current affairs issue each week and swot up on it from newspapers and magazines.
- So I strongly advise you to swot it up when you get home tonight.
- Teachers spend their breaks preparing lesson plans, and their evenings swotting up on jargon.
- This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.
to study to prepare for an examination► study to learn the information you need to prepare yourself for a test or examination: · I'm going to spend the afternoon studying my notes.· The test is supposed to be hard - aren't you going to study at all?study for: · He studied for the bar exam all year, and he still didn't pass.· I can't go to the movie tonight - I have a big test to study for. ► revise British to read books, notes etc in order to prepare for an examination that you are going to take: · Ahmed's upstairs, revising.· What are you revising tonight?revise for: · The library was full of students revising for the final exams. ► cram informal to study very hard just before an examination, especially because you do not know enough: · You'll really have to cram if you want to pass the test.cram for: · Everyone's cramming for their final exams. ► swot British informal to study for an examination: · He's sure to pass - he's been swotting away for months.swot for: · I was too busy swotting for my exams to be much interested in girls. ► bone up on informal to study a particular subject to prepare for a test or examination: · I've been boning up on my Latin for the entrance exam. ADVERB► up· Select one topical current affairs issue each week and swot up on it from newspapers and magazines.· For students from the United States, life at Oxford requires more than just swotting up on their chosen subjects.· This in turn means swotting up on the subject, going on fact-finding missions and meeting politicians and organisers.· Teachers spend their breaks preparing lesson plans, and their evenings swotting up on jargon. British English informal to study a lot in a short time, especially for an examination SYN reviseswot for students swotting for examsswot up phrasal verb British English to learn as much as you can about a subject, especially in order to prepare for an examinationswot up on It’s worth swotting up on all the different types of computer before you buy one.swot something ↔ up I spent all last night swotting up German verbs. |