<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.</li><li>a capacity for achievement or success: young men of talent.</li><li>a talented person: The cast includes many of the theater's major talents.</li><li>a group of persons with special ability: an exhibition of watercolors by the local talent.</li><li>professional actors collectively, especially star performers.</li><li>a power of mind or body considered as given to a person for use and improvement.</li><li>any of various ancient units of weight, as a unit of Palestine and Syria equal to 3000 shekels, or a unit of Greece equal to 6000 drachmas.</li><li>any of various ancient Hebrew or Attic monetary units equal in value to that of a talent weight of gold, silver, or other metal.</li><li>inclination or disposition (obsolete).</li></ul>