talented
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ən adjective
having talent or special ability; gifted.
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| —n | |
| 1. | innate ability, aptitude, or faculty, esp when unspecified; above average ability: a talent for cooking; a child with talent |
| 2. | a person or persons possessing such ability |
| 3. | any of various ancient units of weight and money |
| 4. | informal members of the opposite sex collectively, esp those living in a particular place: the local talent |
| 5. | an obsolete word for inclination |
| [Old English talente, from Latin talenta, pl of talentum sum of money, from Greek talanton unit of money or weight; in Medieval Latin the sense was extended to ability through the influence of the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14--30)] | |
| 'talented | |
| —adj | |
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Talented
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Example sentences
White is likable, and he's genuinely and prodigiously talented.
Reclaim a piece of the past with talented artisans, collectors, and dreamers who restore masterpieces of a bygone era.
But the talented ones are able to capture the feeling of the collection and express it ever so subtly.
Talented people are going it alone and bringing their designs directly to market.
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