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noun

ˈswät

Definition of swot

British

as in nerd

a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits every time he begged off a night at the pub—saying he had to study—his mates teased him for being a swot

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Recent Examples of swot

Noun

Nobody talked about the furtive ambition of the swots. — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Verb

Yamada Jun, the IT expert, became the CEO and travelled to Germany to swot up on renewables. — The Economist, 13 June 2020 Greenblatt might want to have a chinwag with some of his colleagues in the history department and swot up the biography of someone like Wisconsin’s Robert La Follette, a progressive populist politician perhaps more to his liking. — Alex Beam, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for swot

Noun

If that is not possible, be a nerd and tuck your long pants into your socks.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2026
Shane is an experienced deer-tracking dog handler, and Ryan is a data nerd by training and a diehard bowhunter.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of nerd

Verb

In another trial, researchers with the UC San Diego School of Medicine and Case Western Reserve University are also analyzing blood from 84 adult participants with HIV and abnormal levels of body fat buildup.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Rather than simply applying basic color segmentation, Hi3D analyzes the model’s visual information while considering manufacturing requirements.

— Nia Bowers, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of analyze

Noun

There’s a whole world of lagers out there that would make even the snobbiest beer geek do a double take—beers that have nothing in common with the watery brews that once defined the style for so many Americans.

— Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Fortunately, Green’s film exists — and was not thrown into a little black hole by a bunch of accountants, never to be seen again — and can surely help cure any of the pain its backstory still inflicts on movie fans and Tunes geeks.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of geek

Verb

The pressure drop was deduced from the light curves, which show how the star's brightness changed with time during an occultation.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
No blueprints or detailed descriptions of either ship survive, but historians have deduced much about them from tax records and logbooks.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of deduce

Verb

By comparison, the US – with only a quarter of China’s population – has a larger pool of around 4 million, roughly estimated by Peter Jaworski, a professor at Georgetown University who studies the ethics and economics of the plasma business.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
The link between warm nights and poor sleep has been studied for years.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of study

Verb

Investigators believe Williams went to the hospital and found out Walker was killed, then went to a home in Overbrook and fatally shot Daye, and wounded others.

— Joe Brandt, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Dig a bit deeper to find out why your family would turn their backs on your daughter’s celebration.

— Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of find out

Verb

Write Out Loud — an organization founded in 2007 with a commitment to inspire, challenge and entertain by reading literature aloud for a live audience — has announced its 20th season of Story Concerts.

— Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
The Complete Works is a must read at any stage of life, not just for a semester of English 101.

— Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of read

Verb

But for educators, there is a growing consensus that AI literacy is about more than learning how to use generative AI and write good prompts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Art lovers and newer aficionados will appreciate learning more about the artists, the art, and how they were created.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of learn

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