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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tal-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæl ənt |
Definition of talent
Origin :- late 13c., "inclination, disposition, will, desire," from Old French talent, from Medieval Latin talenta, plural of talentum "inclination, leaning, will, desire" (1098), in classical Latin "balance, weight, sum of money," from Greek talanton "balance, weight, sum," from PIE *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (see extol).
- Originally an ancient unit of weight or money (varying greatly and attested in Old English as talente), the Medieval Latin and common Romanic sense developed from figurative use of the word in the sense of "money." Meaning "special natural ability, aptitude," developed mid-14c., from the parable of the talents in Matt. xxv:14-30. Related: Talented.
- noun ability
- Papa used to think that she had no talent for anything but dancing.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- The heir-apparent, the late King, admired his talent and relished his society.
- Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- In one of his arts as in the other he decided that she had talent.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It was an admirable instrument, but it did not give him any talent.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- In our performance it was Mounet-Sully, in all the splendour of his talent, who played Hernani.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- She's a very good girl at heart, and she has an amazing lot of talent.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The rich cannot all be persons of talent any more than all the poor can.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- Loraine's talent is writing—we all know she'll be an author some day.
- Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- My talent—if that's what you call it—was centrifugal, not centripetal.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various
- He was twenty years of age, and universally popular because of his beauty and talent.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
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