faculty

Definitions

1. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
   Canada, Philippines, US
2. A division of a university.
3. Any of the distinct branches of teaching at a college or university, or the body of teachers in a particular subject.
4. An inherent power or ability: the faculty of speech.
5. An ability, power, or skill.
6. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The teachers and instructors of a school or college, or of one of its divisions, especially those considered permanent, full-time employees.
7. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
8. Authorization granted by authority; conferred power.
9. A licence to make alterations to a church.
   Church-of-England
10. Archaic An occupation; a trade.
    Archaic
11. The members of a profession.
12. one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
13. any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
14. a conferred power or right
15. (Education) a. a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge
16. (Education) all members of a learned profession

Equivalents

42 more languages

العربيةالكليّةقدرقدرةكلية+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilifakültə

Българскиумениефакултет

Bosanskifakultetkoledžmoćвештинадарколеџмоћспособностфакултет+ 6 more

Catalàfacultat

Češtinafakulta

Danskfakultet

Ελληνικάσχολή

Esperantokapablo

فارسیدانشکده

Suomifakulteettikykylafkaopetushenkilökuntataitotiedekuntavoima+ 4 more

Gàidhligceudfathcomas

עבריתפקולטה

हिन्दीसंकाय

Hrvatskifakultetkoledžmoćвештинадарколеџмоћспособностфакултет+ 6 more

Հայերենֆակուլտետ

Bahasa Indonesiafakultas

Italianofacoltà

日本語のうりょく学部技能教授会能力+ 2 more

ქართულიფაკულტეტი

Қазақ тіліфакультет

ភាសាខ្មែរមហាវិទ្យាល័យ

한국어학과학부

Kurdîfakulte

Кыргызчафакультет

Latinavis

Latviešufakultātespēja

Te Reo Māorimanga

Македонскивештинаспособностфакултет

Nederlandsfaculteit

Polskifakultetwydziałzdolność

Portuguêscorpo docentefaculdadesetor

Românăabilitatecapacitatefacultateputință+ 1 more

Русскийвозможностьдаротделениепрофе́ссорско-преподава́тельский соста́впрофессураспособностьфакультет+ 4 more

Slovenščinafakulteta

Српскиfakultetkoledžmoćвештинадарколеџмоћспособностфакултет+ 6 more

Svenskafakultetfärdighetförmågakollegiumlärarkollegium+ 2 more

Тоҷикӣфакултет

ไทยคณะ

Tagalogkagurokaguruan

Türkçefakülteyeti

Українськаві́дділдарзді́бністьфакфакультет+ 2 more

Examples

“She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.”

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

“What a piece of work⟳ is a man! how noble in reason⟳! how infinite in faculty!”

“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 ascribe to the soule […]”

“The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch⟳; and I deſire the Reader to attend⟳ with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point⟳.”

“It was some time before Johnstone recovered the full use⟳ of his faculties; his eyes unclosed but to stare⟳ fixedly upon the bank, which, however, was now unoccupied.”

“I have⟳ used the notion of games so far as if it were familiar to most people. I think⟳ this is justified as everyone knows how to play⟳ some games. Accordingly, games serve⟳ admirably as models for the clarification of other, less well-understood, social-psychological phenomena. Yet the ability to follow⟳ rules, play⟳ games, and construct new games is a faculty not equally shared by all persons.”

“Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm⟳ the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ).”

CEFR level