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swot
1[ swot ]
swot
2[ swot ]
verb (used without object)
, swot·ted, swot·ting.
- to study or work hard.
noun
- a student who studies assiduously, especially to the exclusion of other activities or interests; grind.
- hard study or hard work; concentrated effort.
swot
1/ swɒt /
verb
- often foll by up to study (a subject) intensively, as for an examination; cram
noun
- Also calledswotterˈswɒtə a person who works or studies hard
- hard work or grind
SWOT
2abbreviation for
- strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: an analysis of a product made before it is marketed
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- swotter noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of swot1
C19: dialect variant of sweat (n)
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Example Sentences
His tormentors realised that he was not a mere "swot," that he had fists and knew how to use them.
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But Sir Toady Lion says he isn't going to have any—being married is ever such a swot, and children are all little pigs.
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However, as I never do much else I'm able to swot the French all right.
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I told 'em to keep my fire in—I'm going to swot like blazes to-night.
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Swot is, as the querist supposes, a military cant term, and a sufficiently vulgar one too.
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