talent
Plural: talents
Noun
- A natural aptitude or skill.
- natural abilities or qualities
- a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
- A marked natural ability or skill.
- 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.
- A desire or inclination for something.
- People of talent, viewed collectively; a talented person.
- The men or (especially) women of a place or area, judged by their attractiveness.
Examples
- He has a real talent for drawing.
- It takes true TALENT to spot a seven-letter word using only three remaining tiles.
- Not much talent in this bar tonight—let's hit the clubs.
- The director searched their talent pool to fill the new opening.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 6
talent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtalent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
talent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
talent: valid Words With Friends Word