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noun
- 1. a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities: "a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day" Similar
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PRODIGY definition: 1. someone with a very great ability that usually shows itself when that person is a young child…. Learn more.
The meaning of PRODIGY is a highly talented child or youth. How to use prodigy in a sentence. Did you know?
Prodigy definition: a person, especially a child or young person, having extraordinary talent or ability. See examples of PRODIGY used in a sentence.
A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child — you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy.
noun. /ˈprɒdədʒi/ /ˈprɑːdədʒi/ (plural prodigies) a young person whose intelligence or skill is unusually good for their age. a child/an infant prodigy. a musical prodigy. Mozart was an infant prodigy, composing music at the age of four. The 12-year-old prodigy will play America’s reigning chess champion next week. Topics Personal qualities b2.
A prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
PRODIGY definition: a young person who is very good at something: . Learn more.
prodigy. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English prod‧i‧gy /ˈprɒdɪdʒi $ ˈprɑː-/ noun (plural prodigies) [ countable] a young person who has a great natural ability in a subject or skill → genius child/infant prodigy Mozart was a musical prodigy.
noun. prodigies. A person with exceptional talents or powers. A math prodigy. American Heritage. An extraordinary happening, thought to presage good or evil fortune. Webster's New World. A person, thing, or act so extraordinary as to inspire wonder; specif., a child of highly unusual talent or genius. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Prodigy, a child who, by about age 10, performs at the level of a highly trained adult in a particular sphere of activity or knowledge. In this sense, neither high intelligence nor eccentric skills by themselves qualify a child as a prodigy.
