'Talent' definitions:
Definition of 'talent'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
Definition of 'Talent'
From: GCIDE
- Talent \Tal"ent\ (t[a^]l"ent), n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. ta`lanton a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to tlh^nai to bear, endure, tolma^n, L. 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 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values). [1913 Webster]
- Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. --Jowett (Thucid.). [1913 Webster]
- 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 933/4 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from [pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916 (ca. 1900). For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (--Matt. xxv. 14-30). [1913 Webster]
- He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'talent'
From: Easton
- Talent of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular mass, as the Hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. A talent of gold was double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15).
Synonyms of 'talent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- ableness,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- adequacy,
- adroitness,
- afflatus,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- art,
- artistic skill,
- artistry,
- arty-craftiness,
- bent,
- braininess,
- brightness,
- brilliance,
- bump,
- caliber,
- capability,
- capableness,
- capacity,
- child prodigy,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- competence,
- craft,
- creative thought,
- creativity,
- daemon,
- daimonion,
- demon,
- dexterity,
- divine afflatus,
- dower,
- dowry,
- efficacy,
- efficiency,
- endowment,
- equipment,
- esprit,
- expertise,
- facility,
- faculty,
- fire of genius,
- fitness,
- flair,
- forte,
- Geist,
- genius,
- gift,
- gifted child,
- gifted person,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- inclination,
- ingenuity,
- inspiration,
- instinct,
- intellectual genius,
- intellectual prodigy,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- knack,
- long suit,
- makings,
- man of parts,
- mental alertness,
- mental genius,
- mental giant,
- mercurial mind,
- metier,
- Muse,
- native cleverness,
- natural,
- natural endowment,
- natural gift,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nose,
- nous,
- parts,
- penchant,
- potential,
- power,
- powers,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- proclivity,
- prodigy,
- proficiency,
- propensity,
- qualification,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- ready wit,
- savvy,
- set,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- skill,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- soul,
- speciality,
- spirit,
- sprightly wit,
- strength,
- strong flair,
- strong point,
- sufficiency,
- susceptibility,
- talents,
- tendency,
- the goods,
- the stuff,
- turn,
- virtu,
- what it takes
Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000) :
5589
Housing Units (2000) :
2420
Land area (2000) :
1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
FIPS code :
72500
Located within :
Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location :
42.239985 N, 122.782100 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
97540
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.