talent
a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
a capacity for achievement or success; ability: young men of talent.
a talented person: The cast includes many of the theater's major talents.
a group of persons with special ability: an exhibition of watercolors by the local talent.
Movies and Television. professional actors collectively, especially star performers.
a power of mind or body considered as given to a person for use and improvement: so called from the parable in Matthew 25:14–30.
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.
any of various ancient Hebrew or Attic monetary units equal in value to that of a talent weight of gold, silver, or other metal.
Obsolete. inclination or disposition.
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How to use talent in a sentence
Still, even with the backend issues that come up, agency HR execs say that they have to change their thinking on remote employees in different states unless they want to lose out on talent.
‘Necessary to attract talent’: How agencies are managing employees’ requests to move to different states | Kristina Monllos | August 26, 2020 | Digiday“It takes the entire agency to do this, not just one person,” said Barb Rozman, chief talent officer at Campbell Ewald.
‘Urgent need’: How agencies are deploying diversity and inclusion execs, forming new councils to create more equitable companies | Kristina Monllos | August 21, 2020 | DigidayFor high-touch custom content, we’ve brought in new talent and honed the focus of the content we offer.
‘It’s less dire than it seemed to be’: How The Wall Street Journal’s digital ads business has weathered the downturn | Lucinda Southern | August 20, 2020 | DigidayThose worries have since subsided somewhat, Price Harrell said, and in the past few weeks some talent have gotten more comfortable with the idea of shooting in person, provided social distancing guidelines are followed.
‘Dying to work’: With A-list talent sitting at home, publishers eye video collaboration opportunities with them | Max Willens | August 13, 2020 | DigidayIf you ask agency talent about the job search you’ll hear them bemoan alleged fake job postings as a scourge of the industry.
‘Like being conned’: Agency employees say that fake job listings are making the already difficult job market even harder | Kristina Monllos | August 10, 2020 | Digiday
There was so much beauty, talent, potential, and most importantly, honesty in your work.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen | Parker Molloy | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThat meant the talent that DJ Brinsely hired that night performed for a skeleton audience.
Baseball has long been the most popular sport in Cuba and the island has long been a hotbed of baseball talent.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players? | Ben Jacobs | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere may be no entrapped pool of human talent left on earth with the dollar value of Cuban athletes.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind | Brin-Jonathan Butler | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe influx of talent behind the tables and in the showrooms was undeniable.
Will Hyman Roth Return to Havana With Normalized Relations? | John L. Smith | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA great-granddaughter of Fragonard, she seems to have inherited his talent; Corot and Renoir forcibly appealed to her.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementBaroness Schopenhauer died at Jena; a woman of talent and celebrity, and author of various works, which were collected in 24 vols.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAfter the first exhibition of her pictures in Berlin, her "God-given talent" was several times mentioned by the art critics.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementI suppose he thought he would live again in him, for he always says, "Never did such talent come under my hands."
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayHis pupils paid each a talent a year for instruction; and Melanthius, and even Apelles himself, for a time, were among the number.
British Dictionary definitions for talent
/ (ˈtælənt) /
innate ability, aptitude, or faculty, esp when unspecified; above average ability: a talent for cooking; a child with talent
a person or persons possessing such ability
any of various ancient units of weight and money
informal members of the opposite sex collectively, esp those living in a particular place: the local talent
an obsolete word for inclination
Origin of talent
1Derived forms of talent
- talented, adjective
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