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–adjective

having talent or special ability; gifted.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME: inclined, disposed; see talent, -ed³

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n.

A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. See Synonyms at ability.
1. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality.
2. A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talent.
A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.

[Middle English, inclination, disposition, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, balance, sum of money, from Greek talanton; see telə- in Indo-European roots. Sense 3, Middle English, from Old English talente, from Latin talenta, pl. of talentum, from Greek talanton.]

tal'ent·ed adj., tal'ent·less adj., tal'ent·less·ness n.

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talented
adjective
endowed with talent or talents; "a gifted writer" [ant: talentless]

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ˈtalented adjective

(negative untalented) naturally clever or skilful; having or showing great ability
Example: a talented pianist

Arabic:	مَوْهوب
Chinese (Simplified):	有才能的
Chinese (Traditional):	有才能的
Czech:	nadaný
Danish:	talentfuld
Dutch:	begaafd
Estonian:	andekas
Finnish:	lahjakas
French:	talentueux
German:	talentiert
Greek:	προικισμένος
Hungarian:	tehetséges
Icelandic:	hæfileikaríkur
Indonesian:	berbakat
Italian:	di talento*

Japanese:	才能のある
Korean:	재능있는
Latvian:	talantīgs; apdāvināts
Lithuanian:	talentingas, gabus
Norwegian:	begavet
Polish:	utalentowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	talentoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	talentoso
Romanian:	talentat
Russian:	талантливый
Slovak:	nadaný
Slovenian:	nadarjen
Spanish:	talentoso
Swedish:	talangfull, begåvad
Turkish:	yetenekli, kabiliyetli

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Talented

Tal"ent*ed\, a. Furnished with talents; possessing skill or talent; mentally gifted. --Abp. Abbot (1663).

Note: This word has been strongly objected to by Coleridge and some other critics, but, as it would seem, upon not very good grounds, as the use of talent or talents to signify mental ability, although at first merely metaphorical, is now fully established, and talented, as a formative, is just as analogical and legitimate as gifted, bigoted, moneyed, landed, lilied, honeyed, and numerous other adjectives having a participal form, but derived directly from nouns and not from verbs.

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