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talent-spotting

talent-spotting noun: the work of finding people who are talented in a particular field.

Noun

talent-spotting (uncountable)

  1. The work of finding people who are talented in a particular field.
    • Dr. Beeching has as yet been little seen in the Regions, except for his trip to Scotland; if he has done any Regional talent-spotting so far, very little of it can have been at first hand.1962 February, “No Talent on the Railways?”, in Modern Railways, page 74

Questions about talent-spotting

What does talent-spotting mean?
Talent-spotting means the work of finding people who are talented in a particular field.
What part of speech is talent-spotting?
Talent-spotting is a noun.

Words near talent-spotting in the dictionary

  1. talent spotters
  2. talent stack
  3. talent stacks
  4. talent-spotter
  5. talent-spotters
  6. talent-spotting
  7. talented
  8. Talented Tenth
  9. talentedly
  10. talentedness
  11. talentful

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