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gifted en · ADJ

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  1. Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
    • a gifted artist
    • a school for gifted children
    • For argument’s sake, though, being “gifted” in a general sense can be described as possessing an intellect that processes information faster, learns concepts quicker and retains knowledge more readily than most, allowing it to exponentially explore ever more complex ideas and to make increasingly insightful connections. “They learn rapidly, they have an excellent memory and they reason well. These are the sorts of characteristics I’d note,” says Judy Parker, who has spent much of her career testing for giftedness. 2023 November 3, Angus Holland, “‘I don’t think of it at all as a gift’: Why it’s complicated being a gifted child”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2025:

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most gifted Degree=Sup lexicographic
more gifted Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

giftedness · giftedly · gifted education · nongifted · ungifted

Synonyms

talented

Translations (35)

et andekas (endowed with special abilities) · de begnadet (endowed with special abilities) · kk дарынды (endowed with special abilities) · bg талантлив (endowed with special abilities) · pdt begoft (endowed with special abilities) · be здо́льны (endowed with special abilities) · sv begåvad (endowed with special abilities) · de begabt (endowed with special abilities) · ka უნარიანი (endowed with special abilities) · nl hoogbegaafd (endowed with special abilities) · ka ტალანტის მქონე (endowed with special abilities) · cmn 老天爺賞飯吃 /老天爷赏饭吃 (endowed with special abilities) · tr yetenekli (endowed with special abilities) · hu tehetséges (endowed with special abilities) · bg даровит (endowed with special abilities) · az istedadlı (endowed with special abilities) · nb begavet (endowed with special abilities) · fr surdoué (endowed with special abilities) · ga tréitheach (endowed with special abilities) · lv apdāvināts (endowed with special abilities) · nl begaafd (endowed with special abilities) · da begavet (endowed with special abilities) · ru одаренный (endowed with special abilities) · tr kabiliyetli (endowed with special abilities) · it dotato (endowed with special abilities) · ka ნიჭიერი (endowed with special abilities) · ga éirimiúil (endowed with special abilities) · ka ნიჭით დაჯილდოებული (endowed with special abilities) · de geistvoll (endowed with special abilities) · fr doué (endowed with special abilities) · hi गुणी (endowed with special abilities) · tr becerikli (endowed with special abilities) · is gáfaður (endowed with special abilities) · az zəkalı (endowed with special abilities) · fi lahjakas (endowed with special abilities)

gifted en · NOUN

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  1. A person who has special abilities or unusually great intellect.
    • […] the gifteds' social characteristics were more common than sensible. The belief prevailed that gifted students were withdrawn, scared, rejected subjects who were more to be pitied than emulated. 1964, William Kirtley Durr, The Gifted Student, page 37:
    • […] the gifteds would have to sit on a side table, getting cramp, or lean against the wall, sliding off into vertigo. 1961, The Spectator, volume 206, page 141:

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gifteds Number=Plur lexicographic

gifted en · VERB

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  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of gift
    form of gift