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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Talent (0.02385 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Talent.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: talent bakat, pembawaan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: talent talent n 1: natural qualities or talents [syn: endowment, gift, natural endowment ] 2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
English → English (gcide) Definition: Talent 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[ae] or 6,000 drachm[ae]. 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. [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 93? 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. 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]

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