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
John McIntyre, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
So, swot up, then delegate.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 4 May 2021
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
Noun
The Oxbridge and Ivy League colleges traditionally had disparaging terms for students who worked too hard and devoted themselves too diligently to learning: swot in England, grind in the United States.
—John McIntyre, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
So, swot up, then delegate.
—Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes, 4 May 2021
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
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This tournament could be heaven for hockey nerds who have been starved for best-on-best at this level.—
Corey Masisak,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2025
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From jocks to nerds, cheerleaders to shy kids, Dazed captures the universality of being a young person on the cusp of truly entering the world, whether you're actualized or not.—
Brian Smolensky and James Mercadante,
EW.com,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The design fluency test had proved to be a good marker of intelligence on the soccer field in previous studies, with higher scores indicating players who had superior skills in developing strategy and analyzing the play around them.—
Christiane Gelitz,
Scientific American,
7 Feb. 2025
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This article was generated by the Kansas City Star Bot, artificial intelligence software that analyzes structured information from TomTom and applies it to templates created by journalists in the newsroom.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Long the domain of points geeks, the often opaque world of frequent-flier programs is finally getting easier to navigate.—
Ryan Craggs,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Jan. 2025
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When Peter Jackson’s Beatles documentary Get Back debuted in 2021, the fact that Jackson had used artificial intelligence to clean up previously unusable audio was greeted with enthusiasm from tech geeks, and crickets from most everyone else.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, former officials said the partial names could be cross-referenced with existing, publicly available data to deduce their full identities.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The body of water that created the ripples must have been exposed to the wind, which is why the scientists deduced it was not covered in ice.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Designed to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts, CIRBE launched in April 2023 but fell silent in mid-April 2024 as the result of an onboard technical issue.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Scientists study the lights to monitor solar activity.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Ahead, find out where to watch the BAFTA Awards online with and without a cable subscription.—
Rudie Obias,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Beth hasn't given up hope of finding out more about the man behind the will either.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.—
Devon Abelman,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Scorecard also shows students fell further behind in reading from 2022 to 2024.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Nolan, who was traveling with his parents and younger brother, later learned his flight had been canceled after being pushed back multiple times.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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There’s a bit of karma in Belinda’s return; the patient spa worker from season one is back on a working vacation of her own, learning Thailand’s wellness techniques to bring them back to Hawaii.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Swot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swot. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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