faculty

noun

fac·ul·ty ˈfa-kəl-tē How to pronounce faculty (audio)

plural faculties

: ability, power: such as

: innate or acquired ability to act or do

man … how infinite in faculty

William Shakespeare

: an inherent capability, power, or function

the faculty of hearing

: any of the powers of the mind (such as will, reason, or instinct) formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena

: natural aptitude

has a faculty for saying the right things

: a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution

archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified

: the members of a profession

: the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution

an excellent mathematics faculty

faculty plural : faculty members

many faculty were present

: power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred

The state has the faculty to define treason.

Example Sentences

She's a member of the Harvard faculty. The school hired more faculty. a meeting with students and faculty She has a faculty for making friends. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Recent Examples on the Web The two sides had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care.

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 There were only 12 Black faculty members out of 456 and six administrators from a field of 95.

Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 The university will spend about $4 million at first to immediately hire 27 faculty members to expand its traditional and accelerated bachelor of science in nursing programs to serve 198 more students per year.

Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, faculty members can use assignments to encourage students to reflect on their life purpose and connect it with their future career aspirations.

Mariya Yukhymenko, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Mastriano was the only one of the 21 faculty members in the photo to don a Confederate uniform for the occasion.

Grayson Quay, The Week, 27 Aug. 2022 Anderson’s mother, Amy Bishop, shot six fellow faculty members, killing three of them, during a meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010.

Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022 Clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2022 However, faculty members have been vocal in their support and assistance to the cause.

Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English faculte "power, ability, field of knowledge, branch of learning at a university," borrowed from Anglo-French faculté, borrowed from Medieval Latin facultāt-, facultās (Latin, "power, ability, opportunity, quantity available"), from Latin *faklis, earlier form of facilis "easy, accommodating" + -tāt-, -tās -ty — more at facile

Note: Latin facultās presumably developed from an original *faklitāts (via *fakl̥tāts > *fakiltāts > facultās), and hence is a doublet of facilitās "quality of being easily performed" (see facility), a derivative formed after facilis had assumed its attested form (with *-klis > -cilis). The difference in meaning between the two derivatives suggests the original adjective *faklis may have meant something like "possessing the power, able" (whence "easily done," conforming to other adjectives in -ilis).

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

faculty

noun

fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē How to pronounce faculty (audio)

plural faculties

: an inherent capability, power, or function

the faculty of hearing

digestive faculty

: one of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena

: the members of a profession

: the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution

faculty

noun

as in power

a natural ability of the mind or body although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

power
capacity
capability
endowment
instinct
aptitude
function
talent
gift
flair
genius
knack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

incapacity
inability
incapability
inaptitude
ineptness
inaptness

as in talent

a special and usually inborn ability even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable

Synonyms & Similar Words

talent
aptitude
gift
endowment
knack
flair
genius
bent
affinity
tendency
mind
ear
eye
feel
capacity
facility
head
disposition
inclination
skill
predisposition
competence
instinct
impulse
capability
proficiency
bias
leaning
touch
propensity
power
nose
potential
specialty
proclivity
partiality
predilection
way
turn
hang
penchant
habitude
forte
speciality
specialism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disability
inability
incapacity
handicap
weakness
shortcoming

as in ability

the physical or mental power to do something the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened

Synonyms & Similar Words

ability
capacity
capability
talent
aptitude
competence
competency
capableness
skill
endowment
facility
equipment
gift
instinct
resources
reason
intelligence
understanding
knack
prowess
address
fitness
adroitness
aptness
gray matter
dexterity
influence
resourcefulness
usefulness
means
potency
might
ken
adequacy
effectiveness
deftness
staying power
hand
stuff
wherewithal
effectualness
form
puissance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disability
incapacity
inability
incompetency
incompetence
incapability
paralysis
ineptitude
impotence
ineptness
helplessness
powerlessness
weakness
incapableness
deficiency
impairment
inefficacy
inadequacy
ineffectiveness
uselessness
ineffectuality
incapacitation
disablement
defectiveness
debilitation
ineffectualness
inadequateness
inefficaciousness

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of faculty are aptitude, bent, genius, gift, knack, and talent. While all these words mean "a special ability for doing something," faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function.

a faculty for remembering names

The words aptitude and faculty can be used in similar contexts, but aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it.

a mechanical aptitude

Bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability.

a family with an artistic bent

While the synonyms genius and faculty are close in meaning, genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability.

has no great genius for poetry

The meanings of gift and faculty largely overlap; however, gift often implies special favor by God or nature.

the gift of singing beautifully

The words knack and faculty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance.

the knack of getting along

Although the words talent and faculty have much in common, talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed.

has enough talent to succeed

单词	faculty
释义	faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfa-kəl-tē plural faculties 1 : ability, power: such as a : innate or acquired ability to act or do man … how infinite in faculty William Shakespeare b : an inherent capability, power, or function the faculty of hearing c : any of the powers of the mind (such as will, reason, or instinct) formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena d : natural aptitude has a faculty for saying the right things 2 a : a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution b archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified 3 a : the members of a profession b : the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution an excellent mathematics faculty c faculty plural : faculty members many faculty were present 4 : power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred The state has the faculty to define treason. Synonyms power See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She's a member of the Harvard faculty. The school hired more faculty. a meeting with students and faculty She has a faculty for making friends. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Recent Examples on the Web The two sides had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 There were only 12 Black faculty members out of 456 and six administrators from a field of 95. Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 The university will spend about $4 million at first to immediately hire 27 faculty members to expand its traditional and accelerated bachelor of science in nursing programs to serve 198 more students per year. Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, faculty members can use assignments to encourage students to reflect on their life purpose and connect it with their future career aspirations. Mariya Yukhymenko, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Mastriano was the only one of the 21 faculty members in the photo to don a Confederate uniform for the occasion. Grayson Quay, The Week, 27 Aug. 2022 Anderson’s mother, Amy Bishop, shot six fellow faculty members, killing three of them, during a meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010. Ashley Remkus \| Aremkus@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022 Clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2022 However, faculty members have been vocal in their support and assistance to the cause. Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English faculte "power, ability, field of knowledge, branch of learning at a university," borrowed from Anglo-French faculté, borrowed from Medieval Latin facultāt-, facultās (Latin, "power, ability, opportunity, quantity available"), from Latin faklis, earlier form of facilis* "easy, accommodating" + -tāt-, -tās -ty — more at facile Note: Latin facultās presumably developed from an original faklitāts (via fakl̥tāts > fakiltāts > facultās), and hence is a doublet of facilitās* "quality of being easily performed" (see facility), a derivative formed after facilis had assumed its attested form (with -klis > -cilis). The difference in meaning between the two derivatives suggests the original adjective faklis may have meant something like "possessing the power, able" (whence "easily done," conforming to other adjectives in -ilis). First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing faculty sub-faculty inter-faculty sub-faculty inter-faculty Kids Definition faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē plural faculties 1 : ability to do something : talent He has a faculty for making friends. 2 : one of the powers of the mind or body the faculty of hearing 3 : the teachers in a school or college Medical Definition faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē plural faculties 1 a : an inherent capability, power, or function the faculty of hearing digestive faculty b : one of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena 2 a : the members of a profession b : the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution faculty noun 1 as in power a natural ability of the mind or body although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance power capacity capability endowment instinct aptitude function talent gift flair genius knack Antonyms & Near Antonyms incapacity inability incapability inaptitude ineptness inaptness 2 as in talent a special and usually inborn ability even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable Synonyms & Similar Words talent aptitude gift endowment knack flair genius bent affinity tendency mind ear eye feel capacity facility head disposition inclination skill predisposition competence instinct impulse capability proficiency bias leaning touch propensity power nose potential specialty proclivity partiality predilection way turn hang penchant habitude forte speciality specialism Antonyms & Near Antonyms disability inability incapacity handicap weakness shortcoming 3 as in ability the physical or mental power to do something the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened Synonyms & Similar Words ability capacity capability talent aptitude competence competency capableness skill endowment facility equipment gift instinct resources reason intelligence understanding knack prowess address fitness adroitness aptness gray matter dexterity influence resourcefulness usefulness means potency might ken adequacy effectiveness deftness staying power hand stuff wherewithal effectualness form puissance Antonyms & Near Antonyms disability incapacity inability incompetency incompetence incapability paralysis ineptitude impotence ineptness helplessness powerlessness weakness incapableness deficiency impairment inefficacy inadequacy ineffectiveness uselessness ineffectuality incapacitation disablement defectiveness debilitation ineffectualness inadequateness inefficaciousness See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of faculty are aptitude, bent, genius, gift, knack, and talent. While all these words mean "a special ability for doing something," faculty applies to an innate or less often acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function. a faculty for remembering names The words aptitude and faculty can be used in similar contexts, but aptitude implies a natural liking for some activity and the likelihood of success in it. a mechanical aptitude Bent is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than specific ability. a family with an artistic bent While the synonyms genius and faculty are close in meaning, genius suggests impressive inborn creative ability. has no great genius for poetry The meanings of gift and faculty largely overlap; however, gift often implies special favor by God or nature. the gift of singing beautifully The words knack and faculty are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, knack implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance. the knack of getting along Although the words talent and faculty have much in common, talent suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed. has enough talent to succeed
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