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bent

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate Oxford US //ˈbɛnt// UK //bˈɛnt// bent General-service Informal Slang Vulgar

n. a natural talent or a strong interest in a particular activity. You use this when someone is naturally good at something or prefers one thing over another.

n. a natural talent, inclination, or bias toward a specific activity or way of thinking. Often used to describe an inherent aptitude or a recurring intellectual preference.


SIMPLE

She has a creative bent and loves painting.

CONTEXTUAL

With his strong mathematical bent, he found the complex physics equations much easier to solve than his classmates did.

COMPLEX

The university's philosophy department has a distinctly analytical bent, focusing more on logic and language than on historical or continental traditions.

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Often used with the preposition 'for' or 'toward', or as a singular noun with an adjective like 'artistic' or 'academic'.

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