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talent

noun
/ˈtælənt/US/ˈtalənt/

Etymology

From Middle English talent, from Old English talente, borrowed from the plural of Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance, a particular weight, especially of gold, sum of money, a talent”). Compare Old High German talenta (“talent”). Later figurative senses are from Old French talent (“talent, will, inclination, desire”), derived from the biblical Parable of the Talents.

  1. derived from talent
  2. derived from τάλαντον
  3. derived from talentum
  4. inherited from talente
  5. inherited from talent

Definitions

  1. A marked natural ability or skill.

    • Feel awfully about Scott... I always knew he couldn't think—he never could—but he had a marvelous talent and the thing is to use it—not whine in public.
    • He has a real talent for drawing.

  2. A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the…

    A unit of weight and money used in ancient times in Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Middle East, equal to about 30 to 60 kg in various times and places.

  3. A desire or inclination for something.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. People of talent, viewed collectively

      People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.

      • The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.
      • And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors. “She’s not going to talk back,” one top talent wrangler told me dryly.

    2. The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.

      • Not much talent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.
      • I went down to the beach front, of course, for that was the first thing that all Vaalies did: to look at the sea and to check the talent on the beach.

    3. A city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at talent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at talent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at talent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA