Definitions for talent

talent tal·ent

Spelling: [tal-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈtæl ənt/

Talent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in talent (aelntt).

Definitions for talent

noun

  1. a special natural ability or aptitude:
  2. a capacity for achievement or success; ability:
  3. a talented person:
  4. a group of persons with special ability:
  5. Movies and Television. professional actors collectively, especially star performers.
  6. a power of mind or body considered as given to a person for use and improvement: so called from the parable in Matt. 25:14–30.
  7. any of various ancient units of weight, as a unit of Palestine and Syria equal to 3000 shekels, or a unit of Greece equal to 6000 drachmas.
  8. any of various ancient Hebrew or Attic monetary units equal in value to that of a talent weight of gold, silver, or other metal.
  9. Obsolete. inclination or disposition.

Origin of talent

before 900; Middle English, Old English talente Latin talenta, plural of talentum Greek tálanton balance, weight, monetary unit

Examples for talent

There was so much beauty, talent, potential, and most importantly, honesty in your work.

Papa used to think that she had no talent for anything but dancing.

The influx of talent behind the tables and in the showrooms was undeniable.

The heir-apparent, the late King, admired his talent and relished his society.

In one of his arts as in the other he decided that she had talent.

It was an admirable instrument, but it did not give him any talent.

Economic development, then, is not simply about adding a cornucopia of talent or cool, then shaking and stirring it like a drink.

That meant the talent that DJ Brinsely hired that night performed for a skeleton audience.

Good, caring teachers recognized his talent and challenged him to work hard to compete at the highest levels.

In our performance it was Mounet-Sully, in all the splendour of his talent, who played Hernani.

Word Value for talent
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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