talent
talent is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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 �243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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 �243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
- transitive verb. 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 �340 to �396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
- transitive verb. Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
- transitive verb. 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).
- noun. natural abilities or qualities
- noun. a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in talent:
latent, latten, nattle, tantle
Common word forms
talents, talented, talenter, talenting, talentless
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