be smart

Frequency: 8.5150.2 per million words

Used to describe the state of being intelligent. This sense is particularly common in American English.

smartVERB + smart

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Examples (10)

  • She's incredibly smart for her age.
  • He always tries to be the smart one in the room.
  • You need to be smart to succeed in this competitive industry.
  • The company wants to be smart about its investments.
  • She's too smart to fall for that trick.
  • They decided to be smart and hire a consultant.
  • It's important to be smart with your finances.
  • He's not just strong; he's also very smart.
  • The students in that program are known to be exceptionally smart.
  • We need to be smart about how we approach this problem.