1
: having great natural ability : talented
gifted children
2
: revealing a special gift
gifted voices
giftedly
adverb
giftedness
noun
Examples of gifted in a Sentence
He's an extremely gifted student.
a school for gifted children
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Wiebe points out that influencers are often gifted items or paid by companies to promote their products, making their seemingly extravagant spending habits unrealistic for most Americans.
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Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
As Lee reflected in an essay on the program’s 27th anniversary, the real goal of his initial proposal was not to devise a gifted youth class per se, but to instigate an opening, to forge an opportunity for science education amid political turmoil.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Only once Brooke and Chris strike up an unlikely relationship does this stylish mother get the opportunity to wear all her fabulous gifted threads.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Only about a dozen paintings are firmly attributed to the brilliantly gifted Giorgione — another is in the San Diego Museum of Art — a mysterious artist who died at just 33 in the 1510 Venetian plague.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Krystal Hur, CNN, 7 Sep. 2024
As Lee reflected in an essay on the program’s 27th anniversary, the real goal of his initial proposal was not to devise a gifted youth class per se, but to instigate an opening, to forge an opportunity for science education amid political turmoil.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 5 Sep. 2024
Only once Brooke and Chris strike up an unlikely relationship does this stylish mother get the opportunity to wear all her fabulous gifted threads.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
Only about a dozen paintings are firmly attributed to the brilliantly gifted Giorgione — another is in the San Diego Museum of Art — a mysterious artist who died at just 33 in the 1510 Venetian plague.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gifted. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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gifted
adjective
gift·ed
ˈgif-təd 
: having great natural ability
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