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SWOT

abbreviation for

(Business / Marketing) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats: an analysis of a product made before it is marketed

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swot¹ Brit informal

vb swots, swotting, swotted

(Social Science / Education) (often foll by up) to study (a subject) intensively, as for an examination; cram

n

1. (Social Science / Education) Also called swotter [ˈswɒtə] a person who works or studies hard

2. hard work or grind Also swat

[dialect variant of sweat (n)]

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swot²

vb swots, swotting, swotted

n

a variant of swat¹

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	swot - an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious dweeb, grind, nerd, wonk assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Verb	1.	swot - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot up, cram, drum, get up cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam hit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"

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swot

verb

(Informal) study, revise, cram (informal), work, get up (informal), pore over, bone up on (informal), burn the midnight oil, mug up (Brit. slang), toil over, apply yourself to, lucubrate (rare) They swotted for their A levels.

noun

(Usually disparaging) academic, intellectual, bookworm, egghead (informal), savant, bluestocking (usually disparaging) He was a bit of a swot and excelled at school and university.

Translations

swot [swɒt]

A. N → empollón/ona m/f

B. VT & VI to swot up (on) sth → empollar algo
to swot for an exam → empollar para un examen

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swot [ˈswɒt] (British)

n → bachoteur/euse m/f

vi → bachoter
to swot for sth → potasser qch
I'll have to swot for my maths exam → Je vais devoir potasser mon examen de maths.

swot up

vt sep → potasser

vi
to swot up on sth → potasser qch

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swot (Brit inf)

vi → büffeln (inf), → pauken (inf); to swot up (on) one’s maths → Mathe pauken (inf); to swot at something → etw pauken (inf) → or büffeln (inf)

vt → büffeln (inf), → pauken (inf)

n (pej: = person) → Streber(in) m(f)

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swot [swɒt]

1. vt (fam) → sgobbare su
to swot up (on) one's maths → ripassare tutta la matematica

2. vi → sgobbare
to swot for an exam → sgobbare per un esame

3. n (pej) → sgobbone/a, secchione/a

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swot [swɒt]

1. vt (fam) → sgobbare su
to swot up (on) one's maths → ripassare tutta la matematica

2. vi → sgobbare
to swot for an exam → sgobbare per un esame

3. n (pej) → sgobbone/a, secchione/a

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swot

v swot [swot]

to study hard, especially by memorizing eg for an examination. studeer يَدْرُس بِجِد зубря biflovat terpe büffeln μελετώ εντατικά empollar tuupima خرخواني كردن päntätä päähänsä bûcher “לִדגוֹר” पढ़ने में कठिन परिश्रम करना bubati, štrebati magol belajar tekun kúra, puða, læra stíft studiare (molto) ガリ勉する 기를 쓰고 공부하다 kalti kalt; zubrīt belajar bersungguh-sungguh dengan cara menghafal blokken pugge wkuwać marrar зубрить bifľovať sa guliti se bubati plugga เรียนหนัก çok çalışmak, ineklemek 刻苦攻讀 зубрити; товкти سخت محنت سے پڑھنا học gạo, đọc sách miệt mài 刻苦攻读

n

an unkind word for a person who studies hard. ywerige student مُجِدٌّ في العَمَل зубър šprtoun, -ka morakker Streber(in) σπασίκλας (μειωτ.) empollón tuupur خرخوان pinko bûcheur/-euse “דַגרָן” परिश्रमी विद्यार्थी štreber magoló kutu buku kúristi sgobbata ガリ勉 공부 벌레 kalikas iekalējs; zubrītājs ulat buku blokker pugghest kujon marrão зубрила bifľoš, -ka piflar bubalica plugghäst นักศึกษาที่เรียนหนัก inekçi 死用功 зубрило رٹو یا پڑھاکو người học gạo 死用功

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swot → يَعمَل بإجهاد biflovat terpe büffeln μελετώ υπερβολικά empollar päntätä bûcher štrebati sgobbare ガリ勉する 맹렬히 공부하다 blokken pugge wkuć queimar as pestanas зубрить plugga เรียนอย่างหนัก ineklemek học gạo 用功读书