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faculty
[ fak-uhl-tee ]
noun
- an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
a faculty for making friends easily.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech:
Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
- an inherent capability of the body:
the faculties of sight and hearing.
- exceptional ability or aptitude:
a president with a faculty for management.
- Education.
- the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school.
- one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university.
- the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments.
- the members of a learned profession:
the medical faculty.
- a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc.:
The police were given the faculty to search the building.
- Ecclesiastical. a dispensation, license, or authorization.
faculty
/ ˈæəɪ /
noun
- one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
- any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
- a conferred power or right
- a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge
- the staff of such a department
- all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
- all members of a learned profession
- archaic.occupation
Other Word Forms
- t·ڲu·ٲ noun plural interfaculties adjective
- ·ڲu·ٲ adjective
- ܲd·ڲu·ٲ noun plural underfaculties
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of faculty1
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Example Sentences
The dean of the faculty of advocates has criticised Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman for what he described as "reprehensible" comments attacking the judiciary following the Supreme Court judgement on the definition of a woman.
The combination of targeted detentions and reports of wide-scale visa revocations have left campuses on edge, from the biggest public universities to elite Ivy League institutions, students and faculty told the BBC.
The student, whose name was not released, was taken into custody Wednesday night, according to faculty members and students who quickly organized a campus rally in her support Thursday evening.
At Yale, 876 faculty members signed a letter supporting Harvard's actions.
Hundreds of faculty members at Yale University, published a letter expressing their support for Harvard's decision to reject the Trump administration's demands.
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