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faculty

[ fak-uhl-tee ]

noun

plural faculties.
  1. an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:

    a faculty for making friends easily.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech:

    Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties.

  3. an inherent capability of the body:

    the faculties of sight and hearing.

  4. exceptional ability or aptitude:

    a president with a faculty for management.

  5. Education.
    1. the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school.
    2. one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university.
    3. the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments.
  6. the members of a learned profession:

    the medical faculty.

  7. a power or privilege conferred by the state, a superior, etc.:

    The police were given the faculty to search the building.

  8. Ecclesiastical. a dispensation, license, or authorization.


faculty

/ ˈ´Úæ°ìÉ™±ô³Ùɪ /

noun

  1. one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
  2. any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
  3. a conferred power or right
    1. a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge
    2. the staff of such a department
    3. all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
  4. all members of a learned profession
  5. archaic.
    occupation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of faculty1

1350–1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin ´Ú²¹³¦³Ü±ô³ÙÄå³Ù- (stem of ´Ú²¹³¦³Ü±ô³ÙÄå²õ ) ability, power, equivalent to facil ( is ) easy ( facile ) + -³ÙÄå³Ù- -ty 2; facility
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of faculty1

C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin ´Ú²¹³¦³Ü±ô³ÙÄå²õ capability; related to Latin facilis easy
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See ability.
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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€

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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.

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Last week, the University of California announced it would ban campuses from requiring faculty applicants to submit “diversity statements†when applying for jobs.

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Several faculty members at USC said they had been bracing for Monday’s announcement in light of Trump’s recent actions.

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But it "stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty" who viewed it as caving to Trump, per The Times.

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