Meaning of talent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A marked natural ability or skill
2. A marked natural ability or skill.
   countable, uncountable
3. A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
4. An innate capability:aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, turn.
5. A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places
6. A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.
   countable, historical, uncountable
7. a special ability or cleverness; a skill. a talent for drawing. talent مَوْهِبَه дарба talento nadání das Talent talent; evne ταλέντοtalento anne استعداد kyky talent כִּשָׁרוֹן प्रतिभा nadarenost, talent tehetség bakat hæfileiki talento 才能 재능 talentas, gabumai talants, dotumi bakat talenttalent, anleggtalent talento talent талант nadanie, talent nadarjenost talenat talang, fallenhet, begåvning ความสามารถพิเศษ yetenek, kabiliyet 天賦，才能 талант صلاحيت tài năng 天资，才能
8. A desire or inclination for something. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
9. A desire or inclination for something.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
10. (negative untalented) naturally clever or skilful; having or showing great ability. a talented pianist. talentvol مَوْهوب надарен talentoso nadaný talentiert talentfuld προικισμένοςtalentoso andekas با استعداد lahjakas talentueuxמוכשר प्रतिभाशाली nadaren, talentiran tehetséges berbakat hæfileikaríkur di talento 才能のある 재능 있는 talentingas, gabus talantīgs; apdāvināts berbakat begaafdbegavetutalentowanytalentoso talentat талантливый nadaný nadarjen talentovan talangfull, begåvad ซึ่งมีความสามารถพิ...
    negative
11. People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person
12. People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
    countable, uncountable
13. talento, habilidad.
14. The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness
15. The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
    countable, slang, uncountable
16. A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment: has a rare talent for music.
17. A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.
18. innate ability, aptitude, or faculty, esp when unspecified; above average ability: a talent for cooking; a child with talent.
19. a person or persons possessing such ability
20. (Historical Terms) any of various ancient units of weight and money
21. informal members of the opposite sex collectively, esp those living in a particular place: the local talent.
    informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.”

“He has a real talent for drawing.”

“For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.”

“The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.”

“And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.”

“Not much talent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.”

“I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.”

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