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faculty
[ fak-uhl-tee ]
noun
- an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
a faculty for making friends easily.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech:
Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.
- an inherent capability of the body:
the faculties of sight and hearing.
- exceptional ability or aptitude:
a president with a faculty for management.
- Education.
- the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school.
- one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university.
- the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments.
- the members of a learned profession:
the medical faculty.
- a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc.:
The police were given the faculty to search the building.
- Ecclesiastical. a dispensation, license, or authorization.
faculty
/ ˈ´Úæ°ìÉ™±ô³Ùɪ /
noun
- one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
- any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
- a conferred power or right
- a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge
- the staff of such a department
- all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
- all members of a learned profession
- archaic.occupation
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ôt±ð°ù·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒu±ô·³Ù²â noun plural interfaculties adjective
- ±è°ù´Ç·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒu±ô·³Ù²â adjective
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·´Ú²¹³¦î€ƒu±ô·³Ù²â noun plural underfaculties
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of faculty1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The 1st Amendment, he told Martin by letter, “guarantees that the government cannot direct what Georgetown and its faculty teach and how to teach it.â€
He carries a piece of paper with the number for a 24-hour hotline faculty set up for students detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Last week, the University of California announced it would ban campuses from requiring faculty applicants to submit “diversity statements†when applying for jobs.
Several faculty members at USC said they had been bracing for Monday’s announcement in light of Trump’s recent actions.
But it "stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty" who viewed it as caving to Trump, per The Times.
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