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Meaning of "swotting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SWOTTING

swotting  [ˈswɒtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWOTTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swotting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SWOTTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swotting in the English dictionary

The definition of swotting in the dictionary is the act of studying a subject intensively, as for an examination.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWOTTING


anticlotting
ˌæntɪˈklɒtɪŋ
blotting
ˈblɒtɪŋ
bogtrotting
ˈbɒɡˌtrɒtɪŋ
cybersquatting
ˈsaɪbəˌskwɒtɪŋ
globe-trotting
ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtɪŋ
hotting
ˈhɒtɪŋ
jotting
ˈdʒɒtɪŋ
knotting
ˈnɒtɪŋ
plotting
ˈplɒtɪŋ
potshotting
ˈpɒtˌʃɒtɪŋ
repotting
ˌriːˈpɒtɪŋ
rotting
ˈrɒtɪŋ
sand-yachting
ˈsændˌjɒtɪŋ
slotting
ˈslɒtɪŋ
spotting
ˈspɒtɪŋ
squatting
ˈskwɒtɪŋ
totting
ˈtɒtɪŋ
train-spotting
ˈtreɪnspɒtɪŋ
trotting
ˈtrɒtɪŋ
yachting
ˈjɒtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWOTTING

swordplayer
swordproof
swordsman
swordsmanship
swordsmen
swordstick
swordswoman
swordswomen
swordtail
swore
sworn
swot
swotted
swotter
swottier
swottiest
swotty
swound
swounds
swozzle

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWOTTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
letting
permitting
putting
setting
sitting
spitting
splitting
submitting
transmitting
upsetting

Synonyms and antonyms of swotting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SWOTTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «swotting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of swotting

Translation of «swotting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWOTTING

Find out the translation of swotting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of swotting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «swotting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

swotting
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empollar
570 millions of speakers

English

swotting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

swotting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انهم يدرسون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

долбёжка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

swotting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

swotting
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bûcher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berpaut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paukerei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

swotting
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

swotting
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swotting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

swotting
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

swotting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वाइपिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

swotting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swotting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

swotting
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довбання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

buchiseală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swotting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swotting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swotting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swotting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWOTTING»

The term «swotting» is normally little used and occupies the 141.002 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWOTTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «swotting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «swotting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about swotting

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWOTTING»

Discover the use of swotting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swotting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Study Skills in Health Care
swotting. Most interviews will explore how the candidate matches the job description or person specification and you should be fully conversant with these and how you meet them. If you have completed an application form make sure you ...
Jayne Taylor, 2003
2
Caught in a Flap!
Instead of swotting that evening, I pored over the brochures, comparing and contrasting these two machines. Should I have the traditional air-cooled 1100 with brute horsepower or the more streamlined water-cooled more nimble and modern ...
Des Parunia, 2011
3
The Student's Guide to Passing Exams
Burns, Richard. 6. The Science of Swotting Draw up a timetable In Chapter 1 we looked at different ways of notetaking. Which~ ever way you chose, start your exam preparation by making out a timetable. This gives you a countdown to the big ...
Burns, Richard, 2014
4
Language and Gender
If a friend tells you that they are swotting frantically for an exam, this might conjure up a picture of someone in a state of nervous exhaustion, feeling that they are running out of time, panicking, burning the midnight oil, drinking cups of black ...
Angela Goddard, Lindsey Meân Patterson, 2000
5
David An Artist Among Women
Swotting. Proves. Surprisingly. Exciting. Thursday afternoon found David ringing the bell of Morag's apartment. He was responding to an urgent telephone call. During the week the baroness had taught the class pronunciation and the ...
robyn adaire (pseud.)
6
The Student'S Guide To Exam Success
(D —> freezing ® —> swotting Destructive 'work hard' school ethic learning experience. Consequently, universities are filled with students whose fear of failure inhibits their work. They fret so much about the outcome that they can't think.
Tracy, Eileen, 2006
7
Childhood, Youth And Social Change: A Comparative Perspective
The Middleportstudy supports theviewthat, inorderto win pupil compliance, teachers dotryto convince allpupilsthat 'swotting'is worthwhile, andthat if they workhard they can achieveabetter futurethan thatwhich confrontstheirschool friends.
Lynne Chisholm, 2005
8
Education (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education): In Search of A ...
The Middleport study supports the view that in order to win pupil compliance teachers do try to convince all pupils that 'swotting' is worth while, and that if they work hard they can achieve a better future than that which confronts their school ...
Phillip Brown, Hugh Lauder, 2012
9
Lads And Ladettes In School: Gender and a Fear of Failure
It's just that when they start to say that 'oh you're swotting away', so then we just leave our work and we think oh we're not swotting away now — we've stopped. And so we just start to chat at the back of the classroom. So why, why do you stop  ...
Jackson, Carolyn, 2006
10
Hot Water for the Famous Seven
Bamanga Njuma invariably led the band of senior students who crept out of the dormitories every night with bush lamps to apply themselves to night swotting. Night swotting in the college was aptly dubbed, “Pendant la nuit” or during the night.
Ntemfac Ofege, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWOTTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term swotting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Get dream results by swotting before going to bed
Last-minute swotting for an exam before going to bed might be a good tactic for students, according to new research on the benefits of "sleeping on it". Picture ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Bayliss swotting up before switch
Trevor Bayliss must wait another month before beginning his new job as England coach - but he has already been sneaking in some early homework at home in ... «Eurosport, May 15»
3
'Studying the wrong exam text? Easier than it may seem'
Just imagine how appalled and let down all those exam candidates must have felt, discovering that the book they'd been swotting up on so carefully was not, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
Win, laws or draw ... new Bhoy Stuart Armstrong celebrates his …
Win, laws or draw ... new Bhoy Stuart Armstrong celebrates his Celtic deal by swotting up on a legal essay. 16:39, 3 February 2015; By Record Sport Online ... «Scottish Daily Record, Feb 15»
5
Show fraudsters who's boss by swotting up with police phone scam …
A scam phone call has been mocked-up by police in an effort to show potential victims how convincing the con artists can be. Herts Police has posted the ... «Hemel Gazette, Jan 15»
6
"Injury is frustrating but I've been kept busy swotting"
Connacht players, including Robbie Henshaw, Rodney Ah You, Saba Meunargia, and Ultan Open Gallery 1 Connacht players, including Robbie Henshaw, ... «Irish Independent, Dec 14»
7
Swot a swindler! Gangster read hundreds of books in prison... to …
A ganster masterminded a meticulous £1.25m fraud on taxpayers after swotting up on business while behind bars. Convicted heroin dealer Mubbashir Ali read ... «Manchester Evening News, Nov 14»
8
Common 'smart pills' used by swotting students actually make you …
A pill used by students to give them a mental edge could be doing exactly the opposite of what it says on the tin – Modafinil, also known as Modalert, ... «Metro, Nov 14»
9
Swotting up for a career on the buyside
Swotting up for a career on the buyside. Email this article to a friend. Please enter the recipients email address for who you wish to send this article to. Help. «Financial News, Jul 14»
10
Lewis Hamilton swotting up on Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg
LEWIS HAMILTON has a mountain of homework ahead of the next race in China after revealing his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg has been swotting up on ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 14»

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