prodigy

[US]/'prɒdɪdʒɪ/
[UK]/'prɑdədʒi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. genius; especially a child genius

Phrases & Collocations

child prodigy

musical prodigy

math prodigy

Example Sentences

a prodigy of learning

She was a child prodigy on the violin.

a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day.

Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline.

omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work.

a prodigy who had learned several foreign languages by the age of five.

He was brilliant—a prodigy who graduated from Yale at 18, a pathbreaking scholar and a devoted and generous teacher.

Real-world Examples

Randall, you're a math prodigy with insane sat scores and perfect grades.

Source: Our Day Season 2

Don't do that. And this, of course, is our physics prodigy, Sheldon Cooper.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 4

The engineering prodigy nicknamed Waze founded Apple Computers in 1976 with Steve Jobs.

Source: This month VOA Daily Standard English

Dany giggled like a little girl. " Did your grandmother claim she'd actually seen this prodigy" ?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

I mean, that guy -- he was a prodigy.

Source: English little tyrant

It was well known that both the Hamada brothers were tech prodigies, but Hiro—he was something special.

Source: Big Hero 6 (audiobook)

I'd like two shillin' better, the prodigy answered after some thought.

Source: The Sign of the Four

" What is it" ? she asked joyfully, ready to promise prodigies.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She didn't want Anne to be turned into a prodigy.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Mozart was considered a child prodigy - a young child with very great musical talent.

Source: 6 Minute English

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