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# talent

«talent» in Mova's school dictionary: **a natural ability to do something well, like singing…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a talent, talents; talent — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A talent is a natural ability to do something well, like singing, drawing or sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#m1)

2) Talent (uncountable) means people with such abilities: «new talent». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#m2)

3) A talent was a large weight of silver or gold used as money in ancient times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, a «talent show» lets pupils sing, dance, tell jokes or do tricks. Teachers say everyone has talents, and that practice grows skill: talent alone is not enough. In stories a hidden talent often surprises the reader. Phrases: «a talent for», «talent show», «natural talent», «hidden talent».

### examples

- She has a talent for drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x1)
- Our school talent show is on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x2)
- He showed real talent on the football pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x3)
- Everyone has different talents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x4)
- Talent helps, but practice matters most. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x5)
- The coach is looking for new talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x6)
- Juggling is my hidden talent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x7)
- His children inherited, for the most part, the distinguished talents of their father. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a talent for music»; uncountable for people: «a lot of talent». Adjective: talented. Myth: you either have talent or you don't — in fact skills improve a lot with practice.

### In the corpora

- [TV talent shows are edited to be dramatic, so harsh comments and tears are often shown more because they get more viewers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/8/)
- [The servant who buried his talent said he was afraid of his master.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/15-parables-talents-sower-and-more/6/)
- [Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.739/)
- [Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1147/)
- [And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1181/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «talent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/talent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.