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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

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Noun

It should be noted that this screening was not a novelty — a one-off, all-night experience for Nolan nerds and Classics majors.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
Bags on nerds Gummy Clusters, croutons and cheese (hold the lettuce), gas station food, ice cream for breakfast, and an Arby’s angus cheesesteak stuffed with macaroni and cheese could all serve as protective fare against the parasite.

— Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Definition of nerd

Verb

The hospital has also successfully used AI to analyze patients’ heart rhythms to tell whether someone could develop atrial fibrillation, a condition that can cause blood clots and strokes.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
What the 2023 Sleep Study Found The research by Haibin Li and Frank Qian analyzed data from the National Health Interview Survey (1997-2018), linked to National Death Index records through December 31, 2019.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

Definition of analyze

Noun

The weekend-afternoon sales events became a phenomenon, drawing crowds to marvel at his wide-ranging tastes — not just hardcore music geeks or bibliophiles, but appreciators of New York cultural lore.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2026
By now, however, most know him as the lovable, cello-playing geek Leonard Hofstadter who married the pretty blonde waitress.

— Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026

Definition of geek

Verb

Irina and Raskova will deduce very quickly that the mere threat of prison is enough to keep this gentle soul in line, especially when combined with the promise of being able to continue to do the engineering work that’s most meaningful to him.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Holmes deduces that each pose represents a letter and cracks the code by matching the most common poses with the most common letters.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of deduce

Verb

But according to an essay this month by Gert-Jan Pepping and Thomas McGuckian, researchers who study movement science at Australian Catholic University, Messi’s great strength has never been speed, but heightened awareness.

— Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
Its impact is still being studied, but supporters have pointed out that its passage has not been accompanied by increases in violent crime.

— Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026

Definition of study

Verb

To find out how heavily mole rats rely on smell, the team collected odor bouquets from individual animals.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
But, until then, hunting for the clawless crustaceans could land you in jail, as a man from Ontario, Canada, found out this month.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of find out

Verb

The disagreements were intelligent, experienced, and specific — and reading them in bulk did not soften my view.

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
The pair met when Nolan showed up at Caine’s front door asking him to read for the role of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins(2005).

— Emma Urdangen, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Definition of read

Verb

Redefining what support looks like for Atlanta mothers Atlanta fashion model applies lessons learned as a young mom.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
At the heart of the system are Large Behavior Models (LBMs) and Diffusion Policy, AI techniques that allow robots to learn complex manipulation and decision-making skills instead of following rigid, pre-programmed workflows.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

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