Faculty
11faculty — fac|ul|ty [ˈfækəlti] n plural faculties [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: faculté, from Latin facultas ability ] 1.) a department or group of related departments within a university faculty of ▪ the Faculty of Law ▪ the Engineering Fac …
12faculty — [[t]fæ̱k(ə)lti[/t]] faculties 1) N COUNT: usu pl, oft poss N, N of n 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… …
13faculty */*/ — UK [ˈfæk(ə)ltɪ] / US noun Word forms faculty : singular faculty plural faculties 1) [countable] a department or group of departments in a university the Faculty of Medicine the Law Faculty 2) [uncountable] American all the teachers in a… …
14faculty — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English faculte, from Anglo French faculté, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin facultat , facultas branch of learning or teaching, from Latin, ability, abundance, from facilis facile Date: 14th… …
15faculty — fac|ul|ty [ fæklti ] noun ** 1. ) count a department or group of departments in a university: the Faculty of Medicine the Law Faculty 2. ) uncount AMERICAN all the teachers in a university, college, or school: a meeting for students, faculty, and …
16faculty — noun plural faculties (C) 1 a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly (+ of): the faculty of reason | in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way) 2 a particular skill that …
17faculty — /fak euhl tee/, n., pl. faculties. 1. an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily. 2. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full… …
18faculty — noun 1) the faculty of speech Syn: power, capability, capacity, facility, wherewithal, means; (faculties) senses, wits, reason, intelligence 2) an unusual faculty for unearthing contributors Syn …
19faculty — facility, faculty 1. Facility (from Latin facilis meaning ‘easy’) means ‘ease or ready ability to do something, aptitude’: • Firstborn children have greater verbal facility, and there is evidence that they have more successful relationships with… …
20faculty — noun /fækʊltiː/ a) The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff. He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact. b) A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science… …
