TALENT

endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment

(noun) natural abilities or qualities

talent

(noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

talent (plural talents)

A marked natural ability or skill. [from 15thc.]

(historical) A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East. [from 9thc.]

(obsolete) A desire or inclination for something. [14th-16thc.]

(business, media, sports) People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person. [from 19thc.]

(slang) The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness. [from 20thc.]

Synonyms

• See also skill

Anagrams

• antlet, latent, latten

Source: Wiktionary


Tal"ent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t., Tolerate.]

1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minæ or 6,000 drachmæ. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180. Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. Jowett (Thucid.).

2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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