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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Talent | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for Talent | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Talent \Tal"ent\, n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. [?] a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to [?] to bear, endure, [?], 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 min[91] or 6,000 drachm[91]. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was [9c]243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180. Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. --Jowett (Thucid.). 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 93[?] lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from [9c]340 to [9c]396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels. 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.] They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. --Chaucer. 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). He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. --Dryden. His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay. Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See {Genius}. | |
| From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
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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 | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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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). | |
