Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talent-spotting

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: tal-en-t-spot-ting
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The work of finding people who are talented in a particular field.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does talent-spotting mean?: The work of finding people who are talented in a particular field.

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