"gifted" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɪftɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gifted.wav [US] Forms: more gifted [comparative], most gifted [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪftɪd Head templates: {{en-adj}} gifted (comparative more gifted, superlative most gifted)
  1. Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities. Synonyms: talented Derived forms: gifted education, giftedly, giftedness, nongifted, ungifted Translations (endowed with special abilities): istedadlı (Azerbaijani), zəkalı (Azerbaijani), здо́льны (zdólʹny) (Belarusian), талантлив (talantliv) (Bulgarian), даровит (darovit) (Bulgarian), 老天爺賞飯吃 /老天爷赏饭吃 (lǎotiānyé shǎngfànchī) (Chinese Mandarin), begavet (Danish), begaafd (Dutch), hoogbegaafd (Dutch), andekas (Estonian), lahjakas (Finnish), doué (French), surdoué (French), ნიჭიერი (nič̣ieri) (Georgian), ტალანტის მქონე (ṭalanṭis mkone) (Georgian), ნიჭით დაჯილდოებული (nič̣it daǯildoebuli) (Georgian), უნარიანი (unariani) (Georgian), begabt (German), geistvoll (German), begnadet (German), गुणी (guṇī) (Hindi), tehetséges (Hungarian), gáfaður (Icelandic), éirimiúil (Irish), tréitheach (Irish), dotato (Italian), дарынды (darındı) (Kazakh), apdāvināts (Latvian), begavet (Norwegian Bokmål), begoft (Plautdietsch), одаренный (odarennyj) (Russian), begåvad (Swedish), becerikli (Turkish), kabiliyetli (Turkish), yetenekli (Turkish)
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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɪftɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gifted.wav [US] Forms: gifteds [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪftɪd Head templates: {{en-noun}} gifted (plural gifteds)
  1. A person who has special abilities or unusually great intellect.
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Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɪftɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gifted.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɪftɪd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gifted
  1. simple past and past participle of gift Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: gift
    Sense id: en-gifted-en-verb-6L5L1CYG

Inflected forms

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