'Talent' definitions:

Definition of 'talent'

From: WordNet
noun
Natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment]
noun
A person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

Definition of 'Talent'

From: GCIDE
  • 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). [1913 Webster]
  • Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. --Jowett (Thucid.). [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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). [1913 Webster]
  • He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Talent'

From: Easton
  • 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).

Synonyms of 'talent'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Talent, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.