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Definition of bent noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bent

noun
 
/bent/
 
/bent/
[usually singular]
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  1. bent (for something) a natural skill or interest in something
    • She has a bent for mathematics.
    • people of a philosophical bent
    Extra Examples
    • He showed a literary bent from a young age.
    • Some students have no natural bent for literature at all.
    • She has an artistic bent.
    • a child with a scientific bent
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • natural
    • artistic
    • intellectual
    verb + bent
    • have
    • show
    preposition
    • with bent
    • bent for
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