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faculty

[fak-uhl-tee]

noun

plural

faculties 
  1. an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action.

    a faculty for making friends easily.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech.

    Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.

  3. an inherent capability of the body.

    the faculties of sight and hearing.

  4. exceptional ability or aptitude.

    a president with a faculty for management.

  5. Education.

    1. the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school.

    2. one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university.

    3. the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments.

  6. the members of a learned profession.

    the medical faculty.

  7. a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc..

    The police were given the faculty to search the building.

  8. Ecclesiastical.a dispensation, license, or authorization.



faculty

/ ˈæəɪ /

noun

  1. one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing

  2. any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent

  3. a conferred power or right

    1. a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge

    2. the staff of such a department

    3. all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc

  4. all members of a learned profession

  5. archaicoccupation

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Other Word Forms

  • interfaculty noun
  • profaculty adjective
  • underfaculty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faculty1

1350–1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin ڲܱ- (stem of ڲܱ ) ability, power, equivalent to facil ( is ) easy ( facile ) + -- -ty 2; facility
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Word History and Origins

Origin of faculty1

C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin ڲܱ capability; related to Latin facilis easy
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Synonym Study

See ability.
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Ms Abdi and Ms Omar, who graduated from Plasma University Mogadishu's faculty of civil engineering, say under their firm all their projects have been approved by the local authorities.

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It also strikes diversity, equity and inclusion programs, policies and scholarships as well as related spending; prohibits faculty strikes; and blocks unions from negotiating tenure among other provisions.

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They included students and faculty as well as businesspeople, tourists, and people visiting friends and family.

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A Republican-led panel in the House of Representatives has sought testimony from some of Biden's closest aides, including his first chief of staff, on his "mental and physical faculties" while he was leading the country.

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Trump's proclamation accused Harvard of developing "extensive entanglements" with foreign countries and continuing to "flout the civil rights of its students and faculty".

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