gifted
adjective
gift·ed
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Definition of gifted
1
: having great natural ability : talented
gifted children
2
: revealing a special gift
gifted voices
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Examples of gifted in a Sentence
He's an extremely gifted student.
a school for gifted children
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The fight to keep gifted programs As the practice of separating children into ability groups spread in the second half of the 20th century, some troubling patterns emerged. — Erin Einhorn, NBC News, "A fight over gifted education in New York is escalating a national debate over segregated schools," 31 Aug. 2019 Bringing out these two incredibly gifted young artists from South Africa to showcase their very personal take on jazz seems a near-perfect first presentation of The Nonsemble’s arts and culture ambassadorship. — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, "Don Cheadle Hosts '[UP]Rising: An Afro-Future Her-Story'," 7 Aug. 2019 As Danielle tells us, the quints are gearing up to start their last year of pre-kindergarten, while Blayke is going into third grade and enrolled in her school's gifted and talented (G&T) program. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Did the Busbys From 'Outdaughtered' Move to Dallas? Danielle Reveals Where They Live Now," 24 July 2019 Both were preternaturally gifted and widely known early in life. — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, "How To Embrace Professional Decline," 10 July 2019 The irreverent series became an unexpected hit for NBC, and Johnson was among its more gifted and versatile performers. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "Arte Johnson, 'Laugh-In' star, dead at 90," 3 July 2019 The latest contributions to this body of work are by two gifted and exploratory young tenor saxophonists, both born in 1982. — Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, "Adam Shatz," 6 June 2019 Access serves 300-plus students who are designated as highly gifted and have a need that cannot be met at their neighborhood school. — Bethany Barnes, OregonLive.com, "Once again, Portland Public School botches community outreach over school relocation," 30 May 2018 That sub-clause of an obscure rule, like the boundary count that gifted England the title, will haunt New Zealanders for decades. — M.j., The Economist, "How England won the Cricket World Cup," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gifted.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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gifted
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of gifted
: having great natural ability
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gifted
adjective
gift·ed
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Kids Definition of gifted
: having great natural ability
a gifted athlete
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