adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gifted child (= extremely intelligent )
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a special school for gifted children
a talented/gifted individual
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He had taken a group of talented individuals and built a superb team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
most
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Ten minutes and the back of an envelope is seldom enough except for the most gifted .
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He dreaded the sessions, although years later he remembered the name of at least one of the most gifted little girls.
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Roosevelt, furthermore, was almost certainly the most gifted man to sit in the White House in the twentieth century.
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He ranks as one of the most gifted artists of all time.
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Is this how he rewards the loyalty of the most gifted player of the last decade, arguably ever?
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This is LeRoy Flatch, a most gifted pilot.
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She is the most gifted player to ever grace the Centre Court and also best wishes to Chris Evert.
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Reservations about Humanae Vitae were enough to disqualify even the most gifted candidate.
very
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There is nothing to suggest that she was very clever, very holy, very gifted or very beautiful.
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Speedo Man is a very gifted woodworker who built his house from the ground up, she tells me.
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Even at school, Liz had always been a very gifted painter.
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I'd always been mathematically very gifted , right from very early at junior school.
■ NOUN
child
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For a start, this is a story of a number of telepathically gifted children who were accidentally killed six years ago.
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He was also the most prodigiously gifted child she had ever encountered.
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There has been limited provision for gifted children in the past.
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He attended a magnet junior high school for gifted children in Los Angeles and spent a year in high school in Reseda.
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And a scholarship will be given to a specially gifted child from a deprived area.
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But at the same time another pressure is being applied to the least gifted children from working-class homes.
player
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Korda may have been touted as a gifted player , but he was hardly a household name.
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The fact that many another highly gifted player has not found captaincy easy tended to be overlooked.
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Is this how he rewards the loyalty of the most gifted player of the last decade, arguably ever?
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She is the most gifted player to ever grace the Centre Court and also best wishes to Chris Evert.
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In Alan Ball you had a gifted player you could talk about from now until Christmas.
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This is some dilemma facing the manager but he can cope: the question is whether this gifted player can respond.
student
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The one-time gifted student kept his hands in his pockets as he listened to the brief proceedings.
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The director was a gifted student , Arthur Penn, who had begun offering theater courses on campus.
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He was a gifted student , too.
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But faculty and many of the most gifted students began to drift else-where.
teacher
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He thought me a gifted teacher and had placed many opportunities my way.
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Despite a terrible stutter, he emerged as a gifted teacher .
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Flexibility within the classroom, the hallmark of the gifted teacher , must find a place in far more of our schools.
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Despite a shy and diffident manner, Davison was a hard-working and gifted teacher of endless patience.
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Children's talk indicates to the gifted teacher the intellectual and perceptual level which each child has reached.
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Often on his in-service courses for such teachers he cleverly used gifted teachers to set and lead the practical sessions.
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Sharp featured, with a Cockney accent and a biting wit, Mr Bowles was a gifted teacher .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a gifted poet
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a special class for gifted children
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Bloomsury House is a special school for girls and boys who are exceptionally gifted .
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He is a highly gifted young singer, who combines a beautiful voice with unusual musical sensitivity.
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In the past, gifted children have not always been given appropriate educational support.
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It's a difficult subject, even for a writer as gifted as Mathers.
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Most school systems offer programs for gifted children.
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Picasso was one of the most gifted artists who ever lived.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even at school, Liz had always been a very gifted painter.
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I do not claim to be gifted - it's just something you either possess or you don't.
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It was the inspired creation of a company of gifted architects, canny financiers, and cosmopolitan religious leaders.