gifted (ˈɡɪftɪd
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Definitions
adjective
- having or showing natural talent or aptitude ⇒
a gifted musician
a gifted performance
Alternative Forms
ˈgiftedly adverb ˈgiftedness nounSynonyms
View thesaurus entrygift (ɡɪft)
Definitions
noun
- something given; a present
- a special aptitude, ability, or power; talent
- the power or right to give or bestow (esp in the phrases in the gift of, in (someone's) gift)
- the act or process of giving
- See look a gift-horse in the mouth
verb (tr)
- to present (something) as a gift to (a person)
- (often foll by with) to present (someone) with a gift
- rare to endow with; bestow
Alternative Forms
ˈgiftless adjectiveWord Origin
Old English gift payment for a wife, dowry; related to Old Norse gipt, Old High German gift, Gothic fragifts endowment, engagement; see giveTranslations
- British English:
gifted
A gifted person has a natural ability for doing most things or for doing a particular activity....a school for gifted children.ˈɡɪftɪd ADJECTIVE ...a school for gifted children.
- Spanish:
dotado
adj dotada
- French:
doué
adj
- German:
begabt
adj
- Chinese: 有天才的 adj
- Arabic: مَوْهُوب adj
- Portuguese: talentoso adj talentosa
- Russian: одаренный adj одаренная
- Croatian: nadaren adj nadarena
- Czech: nadaný adj
- Danish: talentfuld adj
- Dutch: getalenteerd adj
- Finnish: lahjakas adj
- Greek: χαρισματικός adj χαρισματική
- Italian: dotato adj dotata
- Japanese: 生まれつき才能のある no_posp
- Korean: 천부의 재능이 있는 adj
- Norwegian: begavet adj
- Polish: utalentowany adj utalentowana
- Brazilian Portuguese: talentoso adj talentosa
- European Spanish:
dotado
adj dotada
- Swedish: begåvad adj begåvat
- Thai: มีพรสวรรค์ adj
- Turkish: yetenekli adj
- Vietnamese: có tài adj
Usage examples
Perhaps that was the curse of a minstrel's tongue; to be gifted at wounding with words.
, THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)Rahul Gandhi, son of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and once a Rajpal trainee, gifted an imported air pistol.
India Today (2001)Keith is a gifted programmer who pulls down a 94 average in school.
Globe and Mail (2003)In 1919, his descendant Carrick Buchanan, gifted the estate to the town of Coatbridge.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The success of Wag the Dog reminded producers that, put next to a gifted comic, De Niro could radiate a reflected humour.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)