Meaning of talent In English

• 0 (someone who has) a natural ability to be good at something, especially without being taught:

  • Her talent for music showed at an early age.

  • His artistic talents were wasted in his boring job.

• 1 people who are sexually attractive:

  • There was plenty of talent at the party last night.

• 2 an ancient unit of weight:

  • She is believed to have given Solomon 120 talents of gold.

  • The Mesopotamian talent weighs 30.8 kilograms.

• 3 a special natural ability to do something well, or people who have this ability:

  • [ C ] His talents are being wasted in that job.

  • [ U ] The baseball scouts are looking for new talent.

• 4 a natural skill or ability:

  • The successful candidate will have both talent and drive.

  • The company benefited from her expertise and talents in sales.

  • a talent for sth He had a great talent for business.

• 5 a person or people with a natural skill or ability:

  • The company has shown that it can attract and retain top talent.

  • Other industries facing a talent shortage can easily outsource jobs overseas.

  • He's considered one of the greatest talents in the programming world.