Talent \Tal"ent\ (t[a^]l"ent), n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent
(in sense 1), Gr. ta`lanton a balance, anything weighed, a
definite weight, a talent; akin to tlh^nai to bear, endure,
tolma^n, L. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure.
See Thole, v. t., Tolerate.]
1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of
money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic
talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243
15s. sterling, or about $1,180 (using 1900 values).
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Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five
hundred talents. --Jowett
(Thucid.).
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2. 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 933/4 lbs. avoirdupois; as a
denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at
from [pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645
to $1,916 (ca. 1900). For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold
shekels.
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3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.]
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They rather counseled you to your talent than to
your profit. --Chaucer.
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4. 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).
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He is chiefly to be considered in his three
different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a
writer of odes. --Dryden.
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His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful
manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay.
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Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
talent
n 1: natural qualities or talents [syn: endowment, gift, natural
endowment]
2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field
or activity
WordNet (r) 2.0
123 Moby Thesaurus words for "talent":
Geist, Muse, ability, ableness, acuity, acuteness, adequacy,
adroitness, afflatus, aptitude, aptness, art, artistic skill,
artistry, arty-craftiness, bent, braininess, brightness,
brilliance, bump, caliber, capability, capableness, capacity,
child prodigy, clear thinking, cleverness, competence, craft,
creative thought, creativity, daemon, daimonion, demon, dexterity,
divine afflatus, dower, dowry, efficacy, efficiency, endowment,
equipment, esprit, expertise, facility, faculty, fire of genius,
fitness, flair, forte, genius, gift, gifted child, gifted person,
giftedness, gifts, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, instinct,
intellectual genius, intellectual prodigy, keen-wittedness,
keenness, knack, long suit, makings, man of parts,
mental alertness, mental genius, mental giant, mercurial mind,
metier, native cleverness, natural, natural endowment,
natural gift, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nose,
nous, parts, penchant, potential, power, powers, predilection,
predisposition, proclivity, prodigy, proficiency, propensity,
qualification, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit,
quick-wittedness, quickness, ready wit, savvy, set,
sharp-wittedness, sharpness, skill, smartness, smarts, soul,
speciality, spirit, sprightly wit, strength, strong flair,
strong point, sufficiency, susceptibility, talents, tendency,
the goods, the stuff, turn, virtu, what it takes
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Talent
of silver contained 3,000 shekels (Ex. 38:25, 26), and was equal
to 94 3/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek talent, however, as in the
LXX., was only 82 1/4 lbs. It was in the form of a circular
mass, as the Hebrew name _kikkar_ denotes. A talent of gold was
double the weight of a talent of silver (2 Sam. 12:30). Parable
of the talents (Matt. 18:24; 25:15).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Talent, OR (city, FIPS 72500)
Location: 42.24013 N, 122.78096 W
Population (1990): 3274 (1438 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 97540
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 5589
Housing Units (2000): 2420
Land area (2000): 1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.260615 sq. miles (3.264977 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72500
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 42.239985 N, 122.782100 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97540
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Talent, OR
Talent
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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