A natural endowment, faculty, ability, or talent. Also natural gift, gift of God (also nature). gift of the gab (colloquial): see gab, n.1 1a.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > ability or talent > a talent or special ability (26) gifta1300 A natural endowment, faculty, ability, or talent. Also natural gift, gift of God (also nature). gift of the gab (colloquial): see gab, n.1 1a. dowerc1375 figurative. Endowment; = dowry, n. 4. dowryc1440 figurative. A ‘gift’ or talent with which any one is endowed by nature or fortune: an endowment. faculty1490 Of persons: An ability or aptitude, whether natural or acquired, for any special kind of action; formerly also, ability, ‘parts’, capacity in… indument1527 The action of investing or fact of being invested with some quality or attribute; also the quality or attribute with which something is invested; =… dote1546 figurative. A natural gift; a personal quality or ability. Usually in plural. furniture1561 Apparatus, appliances, or instruments for work. immaterial; esp. Of intellectual faculties, or aptitudes; now only with mental or some equivalent… vein1568 A special aptitude or capacity for, or innate tendency towards, the production of literary or artistic work; (more generally) a particular talent… talent1602 A special natural ability or aptitude, usually for something expressed or implied; a natural capacity for success in some department of mental or… acquirement1607 Usually in plural. A thing which is or has been acquired (in various senses); esp. a personal attainment, an accomplishment (as opposed to an innate… enduement1609 The action of enduing; concrete that with which one is endued. figurative. A qualification, accomplishment, adornment. endowmentc1610 A ‘gift’, power, capacity, or other advantage with which a person is endowed by nature or fortune. genius1611 With for, †to or infinitive. A person's natural aptitude for, or inclination towards, a specified thing or action. congruity1659 Fitness, aptness, aptitude. Obsolete. feeling1808 A talent or aptitude; an affinity or intuitive understanding. Frequently in to have a feeling for and variants. feel1891 A talent or aptitude; an (intuitive) understanding or awareness. Chiefly in to get (also have,etc.) a feel for. Subcategories:— collectively (7) — divinely entrusted (1) — miraculously bestowed (1) — of a country (1) |
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