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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The dress was paired with an amethyst and diamond necklace gifted to Queen Victoria and then passed to Queen Mary, the BBC reported.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The 15 gifted academics and writers were selected from a pool of over 800 applicants.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
His music is, in the best sense, grown-up, proof that a gifted songwriter can tackle the headiest, heaviest topics, compressing a novel’s worth of ideas, intelligence, irony, urbanity, humor and ambivalence into four minutes.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In a video taken by WWD, Rocky said that the bag was gifted to him by creative director Matthieu Blazy and then revealed that the tiny ballet shoes attached to the bag as a charm were going to his little one.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
The 15 gifted academics and writers were selected from a pool of over 800 applicants.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
His music is, in the best sense, grown-up, proof that a gifted songwriter can tackle the headiest, heaviest topics, compressing a novel’s worth of ideas, intelligence, irony, urbanity, humor and ambivalence into four minutes.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
In a video taken by WWD, Rocky said that the bag was gifted to him by creative director Matthieu Blazy and then revealed that the tiny ballet shoes attached to the bag as a charm were going to his little one.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for gifted
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“Gifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gifted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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gifted
adjective
gift·ed
ˈgif-təd 
: having great natural ability
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