swot
part of speech
noun (a swot, swots); verb (swot, swots, swotted, swotting; swot up) — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ informal; SWOT (abbreviation)
meaning for a pupil
1) (UK informal, teasing) A swot is a pupil who studies very hard, sometimes said in a mocking way. tree →
2) (UK informal) To swot or swot up is to study hard, especially before a test. tree →
3) SWOT (capitals) is short for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, a way to plan or judge an idea in business or school projects. tree →
sense in the lessons
School talk in the UK, Ireland, Australia and NZ: «Stop being such a swot!» can be teasing, but working hard is a good thing. «Swot up on your spellings before Friday». In the USA a similar word is «nerd» or «grind». In business studies, a SWOT analysis is a four-box table.
examples
- She's a swot and always does extra homework. tree →
- I need to swot up on my times tables. tree →
- He spent the weekend swotting for his test. tree →
- Don't call people swots for working hard. tree →
- We did a SWOT analysis of our school fair plan. tree →
- Being a swot paid off when she won the quiz. tree →
note
Informal, mostly British-English countries. Verb doubles the t: swotted, swotting. Do not confuse with «swat» (to hit a fly). Teasing someone for studying hard is unkind.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «swot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.