faculty

CEFRC1

/ˈfæk.əl.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A natural mental or physical ability.

  2. 02

    noun

    The teachers and professors of a school or university.

Examples

  • He was at a loss as to which faculty to choose.

  • The faculty meeting adopted the dean's proposal.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A division of a university.

  2. An ability, power, or skill.

  3. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.

More examples

In context

  • He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.

  • She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.

  • If I will aske meere Philosophers, what the soule is, I shall finde amongst them, that will tell me, it is nothing, but the temperament and harmony, and just and equall composition of the Elements in the body, which produces all those faculties which we ascri...

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Origin

noun

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile. Doublet of facility.