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In some senses, swot is marked as slang, UK, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
swot
UK /swɒt/ US /swɑt/
noun 4verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, bright, other
VERB + SWOT
going, organised
SWOT + NOUN
analysis
ADV.
ever
Definitions
verb
1
To study with effort or determination.
Are you going to swot at it all the evening?
noun
1
One who swots; a boffin, nerd, or smart aleck.
He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.
The popular science bit goes like this. Your brain has two hemispheres, left and right. The left is the organised swot who likes bright light, keeps his bedroom tidy and can tolerate sums. Your right hemisphere is your brain on drugs: the long-haired, creative type you don't bring home to mother.
2
Work.
All I want is — guerre fini, soldat fini; and to go home without burden of any thought save music, and hard swot for a time.
3
Vigorous study at an educational institution.
noun
1
Acronym of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats.
Could you do a SWOT analysis of the business proposal I sent you?
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Idioms & Phrases
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Are you going to swot at it all the evening?
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He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.
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The popular science bit goes like this. Your brain has two hemispheres, left and right. The left is the organised swot who likes bright light, keeps his bedroom tidy and can tolerate sums. Your right
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On first listen, Americans of a certain vintage would call one a Poindexter, while older Brits would regard the other as a swot.
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Could you do a SWOT analysis of the business proposal I sent you?
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I'm a swot.
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