TALENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talent mean? 

• TALENT (noun)
  The noun TALENT has 2 senses:

1. natural abilities or qualities

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

  Familiarity information: TALENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Natural abilities or qualities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

endowment; gift; natural endowment; talent

Hypernyms ("talent" is a kind of...):

natural ability (ability that is inherited)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talent"):

bent; hang; knack (a special way of doing something)

flair; genius (a natural talent)

raw talent (powerfully impressive talent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("talent" is a kind of...):

expert (a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully)

 Context examples 

Take lessons of Amy, she has a regular talent for it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Mr. Micawber is a man of great talent, Master Copperfield.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I deeply venerated my cousin's talent and principle.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Upon my word, said Emma, I begin to doubt my having any such talent.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You do not deserve the office, if you cannot appreciate the talents of your company a little better.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He was a boy of singular talent and fancy.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Do you imagine that I have no respect for your medical talents?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So they think in the West, and they mean to spring him on the London talent.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may aim to collect your thoughts, breathe, and ponder how to best use your talents in the coming year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He is a young man, full of energy and talent in his own way, and of a very faithful disposition.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)