gifted
having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
having exceptionally high intelligence: gifted children.
Origin of gifted
1Other words for gifted
Other words from gifted
- gift·ed·ly, adverb
- gift·ed·ness, noun
- o·ver·gift·ed, adjective
- un·gift·ed, adjective
- well-gifted, adjective
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How to use gifted in a sentence
It certainly succeeds as an elegantly crafted memoir of a gifted journalist, but in a shift from my own younger admiration for the grizzled foreign correspondent, I’d hesitate to call it a definitive account of a country very much still in motion.
Revisiting Pakistan’s tangle of contradictions and violence | Bilal Qureshi | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostThere’s Jordan Reed, the gifted tight end whose brilliance was squelched by constant injuries — symbolic of a team that ended the previous three seasons with more than 20 players on injured reserve.
Playing the 49ers reminds of past failures, but Washington finally seems to have moved on | Les Carpenter | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostHe is one of the toughest and most gifted players I’ve ever been around and we all wish him nothing but the best moving forward.
Wizards trade point guard John Wall to Rockets for Russell Westbrook | Ben Golliver, Ava Wallace | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostMirzakhani attended a high school for gifted girls and studied mathematics at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran before heading to Harvard and eventually a professorship at Stanford University.
A documentary and a Bollywood film highlight two disparate paths in mathematics | Emily Conover | October 15, 2020 | Science NewsLauren Graham and Kelly Bishop are extraordinarily gifted actresses who play beautifully against each other, and the mingled love and resentment of Lorelai and Emily’s relationship forms one of the show’s richest emotional wells.
A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the West, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.
The clever part is that the present was “re-gifted” from city and state tax revenues.
Lansky saw the change coming and, like all gifted racketeers, tried to cut a deal with the new sheriff.
Will Hyman Roth Return to Havana With Normalized Relations? | John L. Smith | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when their first book, SuicideGirls, came out in 2004, she gifted her a copy.
Masters of Alt Sex: SuicideGirls Hits Puberty and Wants to Invade Your TV Set | Marlow Stern | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStrange is sometimes assisted by Wong, another monk gifted to Dr. Strange by The Ancient One.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician | Rich Goldstein | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe knew that she alone of all human beings was gifted with the power to understand and fully sympathize with him.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettMuch later, in the case of all but gifted children, do the mysteries of harmony begin to take on definite form and meaning.
Children's Ways | James SullyThe Brothers crowded round their visitor, and he joined in their talk and even heard himself thanking the gifted musician.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodI felt I was in the presence of a strong, natural man, gifted with great discernment and ability but full also of human kindness.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowAccording to her mistress, she was specially gifted in preparing venison.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
British Dictionary definitions for gifted
/ (ˈɡɪftɪd) /
having or showing natural talent or aptitude: a gifted musician; a gifted performance
Derived forms of gifted
- giftedly, adverb
- giftedness, noun
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