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View usage for: (fækəlti) Word forms: plural faculties1. countable noun [usually plural, oft poss NOUN]Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities. He was drunk and not in control of his faculties. It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people. [+ of] Synonyms: power, reason, sense, intelligence More Synonyms of faculty 2. variable nounA faculty is a group of related departments in some universities, or the people who work inthem. [British] ...the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. [+ of] Synonyms: department, school, discipline, profession More Synonyms of faculty 3. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]A faculty is all the teaching staff of a university or college, or of one department. [US] The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements. How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity? ...eminent Stanford faculty members. Synonyms: teaching staff, staff, teachers, professors More Synonyms of faculty More Synonyms of faculty faculty in British English (ˈfækəltɪ) nounWord forms: plural -ties1. 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 4. a. a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge b. the staff of such a department c. mainly US and Canadian all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc 5. all members of a learned profession Word origin C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin facultās capability; related to Latin facilis easy faculty in American English (ˈfækəlti) nounWord forms: plural ˈfaculties1. Obsolete the power to do; ability to perform an action 2. any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense the faculty of hearing, speech, etc. 3. power or ability to do some particular thing; special aptitude or skill a faculty for making friends 4. in Canada, a college or school of a university 5. US all the teachers of a school, college, or university or of one of its departments or divisions 6. all the members of any of the learned professions 7. a. a power or privilege conferred by authority b. [usually pl.]; Roman CatholicChurch authorization granted to a bishop, priest, etc. permitting the performance of certain acts or functions otherwise prohibited to him 8. Archaic what a person is trained to do 9. any of the powers of the mind, as will or reason SIMILAR WORDS: ˈtalent Word origin ME & OFr faculte < L facultas < facilis: see facile; (sense 4) ME < ML facultas, transl. of Aristotle's dynamis, branch of learning Examples of 'faculty' in a sentencefaculty In other languagesfaculty British English: faculty NOUN Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities. He was not in control of his faculties. - American English: faculty
- Brazilian Portuguese: faculdade
- Chinese: 机能
- European Spanish: facultad
- French: faculté
- German: Fähigkeit
- Italian: facoltà
- Japanese: >機能身体・精神の
- Korean: > 자질신체적, 정신적
- European Portuguese: faculdade
- Latin American Spanish: facultad
All related terms of 'faculty'Chinese translation of 'faculty' n - (c) (= sense, ability)
官能 (guānnéng) (种(種), zhǒng) - (c/u) (Brit) [of university]
学(學)院 (xuéyuàn) (个(個), gè) - (c/u) (US, = teaching staff)
全体(體)教师(師) (quántǐ jiàoshī)
Definition any ability or power, either inborn or acquired As we grow older we can begin to lose our faculty of memory. Definition any ability or power, either inborn or acquired a faculty for self-preservation Synonyms power capacity capability propensity Opposites failing , weakness , inability , shortcoming , weak point , unskilfulness Definition a department within a university or college the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Synonyms department discipline profession branch of learning Definition all the teaching staff of a university, school, or college The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements. Synonyms teaching staff staff teachers professors lecturers Definition one of the powers of the mind or body, such as memory, sight, or hearing He was exhausted and not in control of his faculties. Synonyms power mental ability physical ability Additional synonymsHe governed with an adroitness that earned him the nickname `old fox'. Synonyms skill, ability, craft, expertise, cunning, mastery, knack, ingenuity, proficiency, dexterity, cleverness, deftness, nimbleness, aptness, artfulness, adeptness, quick-wittedness, ingeniousness, masterfulness, ableness, skilfulness, addressDefinition natural tendency or ability He discovered an aptitude for working in accounts. Synonyms gift, ability, talent, capacity, intelligence, leaning, bent, tendency, faculty, capability, flair, inclination, disposition, knack, propensity, proficiency, predilection, cleverness, proclivity (formal), quickness, giftedness, proneness, aptnessa request for authorization to use military force Synonyms permission, right, leave, power, authority, ability, strength, permit, sanction, licence, approval, warrant, say-so (informal), credentials, a blank cheque |