Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - clever
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Clever
clever
(cleverer, cleverest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well. He’s a very clever man... My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was... ADJ • cleverly She would cleverly pick up on what I said. ADV • cleverness Her cleverness seems to get in the way of her emotions. N-UNCOUNT 2. A clever idea, book, or invention is extremely effective and shows the skill of the people involved. ...a clever and gripping novel. ...this clever new gadget. = ingenious ADJ: usu ADJ n • cleverly ...a cleverly designed swimsuit. ADV: ADV -ed
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adjective Etymology: Middle English cliver, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish dialect klover alert, skillful Date: circa 1595 1. a. skillful or adroit in using the hands or body ; nimble ~ fingers b. mentally quick and resourceful a ~ young lawyer 2. marked by wit or ingenuity a ~ solution a ~ idea 3. dialect a. good b. easy to use or handle • ~ish adjective • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, adroit, cunning, ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving. ~ stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude a person ~ with horses. adroit often implies a skillful use of expedients to achieve one's purpose in spite of difficulties an adroit negotiator. cunning implies great skill in constructing or creating a filmmaker cunning in his use of special effects. ingenious suggests the power of inventing or discovering a new way of accomplishing something an ingenious software engineer. Synonym: see in addition intelligent. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (cleverer, cleverest) 1 skilful, talented; quick to understand and learn. 2 adroit, dextrous. 3 (of the doer or the thing done) ingenious, cunning. Phrases and idioms clever Dick (or clogs etc.) colloq. a person who is or purports to be smart or knowing. not too clever Austral. colloq. unwell, indisposed. Derivatives cleverly adv. cleverness n. Etymology: ME, = adroit: perh. rel. to CLEAVE(2), with sense 'apt to seize' ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. умный he is a clever fellow —- он умный малый 2. талантливый; удачный clever book —- талантливая книга clever idea —- удачная мысль 3. хорошо, умело делающий the boy is clever at sums —- мальчик хорошо решает задачи he is clever at foreign languages —- у него способности к иностранным языкам 4. ловкий, умелый, искусный clever workman —- искусный работник clever trick —- ловкий трюк clever conjurer —- ловкий фокусник 5. ам. диал. хорошо, искусно сделанный clever piece of work —- искусная работа clever stroke at golf —- хороший удар в гольфе 6. ам. диал. хорошо сложенный, красивый clever lad —- красивый малый clever horse —- красивая лошадь 7. ам. диал. удобнвый, приятный clever boat —- удобная лодка 8. ам. диал. добродушный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) умный 2) ловкий; искусный clever piece of work - искусная работа 3) способный, даровитый he is clever at biology - у него способности к биологии 4) amer.; coll. добродушный ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 especially BrE able to learn and understand things quickly; intelligent (a clever student | You tied your shoes up yourself? What a clever girl!) 2 able to use your intelligence to get what you want, especially in a slightly dishonest way (a clever lawyer's tricks) 3 especially BrE skilful at doing a particular thing (Bill's very clever with his hands. | clever at doing sth) (Deborah's clever at getting people to co-operate.) 4 designed in an unusual way that is very effective (What a clever little gadget! | Now that's a clever idea.) 5 BrE spoken used jokingly when someone has done something silly or stupid (-When I got to the library I found I'd left the books at home.- -That was clever!-) 6 clever clogs/dick BrE spoken used to describe someone who is annoying because they are always right or always think they are right (All right, clever clogs, we'll do it your way!) 7 be too clever by half BrE spoken to be annoying because you are confident about your own intelligence or abilities - cleverly adv - cleverness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1590, from E.Anglian dial. cliver "expert at seizing," probably from E.Fris. klufer or Norwegian dialectic klover "ready, skillful," perhaps infl. by O.E. clifer "claw, hand" (early usages seem to refer to dexterity); extention to intellect is first recorded 1704. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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