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noun. A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment.

noun. Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality.

noun. A person or group of people having such ability.

noun. A variable unit of weight and money used in ancient Greece, Rome, and the Middle East.

noun. An ancient denomination of weight, originally Babylonian (though the name is Greek), and varying widely in value among different peoples and at different times.

noun. Money; wealth; property in general.

noun. Hence, a wealth; an abundance (as in the phrase ‘a wealth of golden hair’); or, perhaps, gold (i. e. ‘golden tresses’).

noun. A gift committed to one for use and improvement: so called in allusion to the parable of the talents (Mat. xxv.); hence, a peculiar faculty, endowment, or aptitude; a capacity for achievement or success.

noun. Mental power of a superior order; superior intelligence; special aptitude; abilities; parts: often noting power or skill acquired by cultivation, and thus contrasted with genius. See genius, 5.

noun. Hence, persons of ability collectively: as, all the talent of the country is enlisted in the cause.

noun. A distinctive feature, quality, habit, or the like; a characteristic.

noun. Disposition; inclination; will; desire.

noun. Synonyms Abilities, Gifts, Parts, etc. See genius.

noun. An obsolete or dialectal variant of talon.

To ondow with talents.

noun. 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.

noun. 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 93� lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.

noun. Inclination; will; disposition; desire.

noun. 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).

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

noun. natural abilities or qualities

"If he has talent he will see with the eyes of _talent_ -- that wonderful force which penetrates all artistic mysteries and reveals the truths as nothing else possibly can."

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