talent
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tal·ent
(tăl'ənt) 
n.
talentless tal'ent·less adj.
talentlessness tal'ent·less·ness n.
n.
- A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment. See synonyms at ability.
- Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality.
- A person or group of people having such ability: The company makes good use of its talent.
- A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.
[Middle English, inclination, disposition, from Old French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, balance, sum of money, from Greek talanton. Sense 3, Middle English, from Old English talente, from Latin talenta, pl. of talentum, from Greek talanton.]
talented tal'ent·ed adj.talentless tal'ent·less adj.
talentlessness tal'ent·less·ness n.
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talent
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Definition: ability
Antonyms: inability, incapacity, lack, weakness
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talent, a standard weight in the ancient world, representing a man's load; see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES and MONEY AND COINS.
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An individual's special aptitude or above-average ability for a specific function or range of functions. Physical talents may be functional, expressive, or athletic.
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IN BRIEF: A natural ability or skill.
Everyone has talent at 25. The difficulty is to have it at 50.
— Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French impressionist.
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"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more."
- Louisa May Alcott
"I believe that every person is born with talent."
- Maya Angelou
"It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ."
- W. H. Auden
"There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while."
- Pearl Bailey
"Talent is only the starting point."
- Irving Berlin
"A man gift will make a way for him."
- Bible
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noun
noun, Austral
1: (Members of) the criminal underworld. (1879 —) .
D. Cusack He'd learn responsibility quicker married than he would knocking about the ports with the rest of the talent (1953).
2: Members of the opposite sex judged in terms of potential sexual availability; esp. in phr. local talent. (1947 —) .
Sunday Times You can take a turn on the [sea-]front and see what the talent is like (1963).
noun, Austral
1: (Members of) the criminal underworld. (1879 —) .
D. Cusack He'd learn responsibility quicker married than he would knocking about the ports with the rest of the talent (1953).
2: Members of the opposite sex judged in terms of potential sexual availability; esp. in phr. local talent. (1947 —) .
Sunday Times You can take a turn on the [sea-]front and see what the talent is like (1963).
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Talent can refer to:
- Talent (measurement)
- Aptitude, a talent is a group of aptitudes useful for some activity, talents may refer to aptitudes themselves
- Entertainment
- A show-business personality or group of them
- Talent agent, a person who finds jobs for actors, musicians, models, and other people in various entertainment businesses
- Talent manager (or personal manager), one who guides the career of artists in the entertainment business
- Talent scout, responsible for finding and developing talent
- Talent show, a live performance spectacle (sometimes on TV) where contestants perform acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics and other art forms
- Tarento, the Japanese pronunciation of the word, a Japanese show-business personality
- The Got Talent series of television shows, in several national versions
- Talent, a 1978 play by Victoria Wood
- Talent (comics), a comic book series written by Christopher Golden and Tom Sngoski, drawn by Paul Azaceta.
- The Talent series of books by Anne McCaffrey:
- Talent Series, a series of books written by Zoey Dean
- Talent, the first novel in that series.
- Young Talent Time (1971-1989), an Australian television variety program on Network Ten
- People
- Billy Talent, a Canadian rock group from Toronto
- Jim Talent (born 1956), American politician, former Senator from Missouri.
- Other
- Talent (artwork), a seminal work of art by David Robbins
- Talent management - the recruitment and management of talented workers
- Talent Zoo (or TalentZoo.com), a recruitment company and job search engine specializing in the communications industry, including the advertising, marketing, public relations, broadcasting, and publishing sectors
- Talent (measurement), an ancient unit of mass and value
- Attic talent ancient Greek coin
- Bombardier Talent, a type of multiple unit passenger train manufactured by Bombardier
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Talent
Dansk (Danish)
n. - talent, anlæg, begavelse
idioms:
- talent scout talentspejder
- talent show talentshow
Nederlands (Dutch)
gave, talentvol persoon
Français (French)
n. - talent, don, (GB) beaux mecs/belles nanas (npl), (Hist) talent (une monnaie)
idioms:
- talent scout dénicheur de nouveaux talents
- talent show concours de jeunes talents
Deutsch (German)
n. - Talent, Anlage, Begabung
idioms:
- talent scout Talentsucher
- talent show Talentwettbewerb
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταλέντο, φυσικό χάρισμα, (ιστ.) τάλαντο (μονάδα βάρους ή νομισματική μονάδα)
idioms:
- talent scout ανιχνευτής/λαγωνικό ταλέντων
- talent show πρόγραμμα για νέα ταλέντα
Italiano (Italian)
attitudine, talento, capacità
idioms:
- talent scout scopritore di talenti
- talent show provino
Português (Portuguese)
n. - talento (m), aptidão (f), habilidade (f)
idioms:
- talent scout descobridor de novos talentos
- talent show programa de calouros
Русский (Russian)
(свойство, качество) талант, (мера, сумма) талант (серебра)
idioms:
- talent scout открыватель талантов
- talent show ревю талантов
Español (Spanish)
n. - talento, dotes, aptitudes
idioms:
- talent scout buscatalentos, descubridor de personas de talento o valor
- talent show concurso de talentos
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - talang, begåvning
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
才能, 天才, 有才干的人
idioms:
- talent scout 星探, 人才发掘者
- talent show 才艺表演
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 才能, 天才, 有才幹的人
idioms:
- talent scout 星探, 人才發掘者
- talent show 才藝表演
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 才能, すぐれた才能, 人材, 芸能人
idioms:
- talent scout タレントスカウト
- talent show タレントショー
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مقدرة, موهبه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בעלי כשרונות, בעל כשרון, כישרון, מטבע עתיק, חתיכה, חתיך, כיכר (של מתכת יקרה)
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