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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Ten gifted dogs — including a border collie named Basket and a Labrador named Augie — watched their owners hold a new toy and talk to another person about it.
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Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The story kicks off in the real world with Kevin Flynn, a gifted programmer and video game designer who's been shut out of his own success by ENCOM executive Ed Dillinger (David Warner), a man who runs the company through a powerful system called the Master Control Program (MCP).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
For the study, owners of 10 gifted dogs first introduced two new toys and named them, repeatedly saying the toy names while interacting directly with their pet.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Despite the toy now being out of sight, scientists say most of the gifted dogs overcame this challenge and successfully learned the new labels.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The story kicks off in the real world with Kevin Flynn, a gifted programmer and video game designer who's been shut out of his own success by ENCOM executive Ed Dillinger (David Warner), a man who runs the company through a powerful system called the Master Control Program (MCP).
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
For the study, owners of 10 gifted dogs first introduced two new toys and named them, repeatedly saying the toy names while interacting directly with their pet.
—Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Despite the toy now being out of sight, scientists say most of the gifted dogs overcame this challenge and successfully learned the new labels.
—Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gifted. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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gifted
adjective
gift·ed
ˈgif-təd 
: having great natural ability
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