Swot

Definition

swot /swɒt/ v ( -tt- ) ~ (up) (on sth) ; ~ (for sth) ; ~ sth up ( Brit infml ) ကပ္က်ံဳးသည္။ swotting for the exams ❍ I'm swotting up (on) my history. n ( often derog ) စာက်ံဳးသူ။

Examples

1. ‘Unlike exams
2. you can't swot up for psychometric tests
3. but if you think you're likely to come across them in your hunt for a job try to familiarise yourself with the process.’
4. ‘He got on a flight
5. flew to Dunedin
6. swotted all night
7. sat his paper the next morning and flew to Rotorua to join the band for a concert that night.’
8. ‘If the idea of quitting office life sounds appealing
9. make sure you swot up first
10. advises Dave Houlden’
11. ‘Learning to drive is getting more difficult
12. especially today with so much paperwork and swotting to do for separate practical and theory tests.’
13. ‘This means I would no longer be returning from Paris around 1 am on Friday 21 May with at least three more days to swot up.’
14. ‘Once you have located the source of potential trouble
15. your next step is to go
16. not to the doctor
17. but to the bookshop to swot up your symptoms in a health manual.’
18. ‘Bill comes for the meal
19. but he then goes to his room to swot.’
20. ‘All over the country
21. school and university students have their heads down to swot for summer exams
22. and anxiety levels shoot up.’
23. ‘Then he swotted and got his limited electrician's licence.’
24. ‘Serves me right for reading the Economist when I should have been swotting for my year 2 exams.’
25. ‘Most players will only get one 21 game a year
26. possibly none if swotting for examinations.’
27. ‘But he is still a bright spark when it comes to maths and English because he swots up with the help of a special tutor who teaches him on the ward.’
28. ‘This is your opportunity to get involved and find your best young speller so the sooner you register
29. the sooner your children can start swotting!’
30. ‘Graduate Michael Angliss spent three years swotting for his degree - only to be told to dumb down when it came to getting a job.’
31. ‘Just last week the wonderfully named teenager Seb Clover sailed solo across the Atlantic at a time when most of his peers are swotting for exams.’
32. ‘I suppose I should be swotting madly to be prepared for the big meeting with the supervisor tomorrow
33. however.’
34. ‘I hope it restores a little bit of national pride. It was also a huge surprise. I didn't have time to swot up so I just breezed in and did the best I could.’
35. ‘The new site offers visitors not just information on the school
36. but a chance to swot up on subjects as well.’
37. ‘The interview came to an end with the shrewd question of the examining professor: ‘Are you acquainted with the transcripts of the Party Congresses?’ and my humble reply: ‘I swotted up on them’.’
38. ‘To try and sum up a potential candidate in 10 minutes is a waste of time for you and even more of a waste of time for the candidate who has to swot up on the company
39. preen themselves
40. find your office and then wait for you to decide to show.’