B2noun · common

faculty

faculty · faculties

відділ, факультет, дар, професорсько-викладацький склад

возможность, отделение, факультет, способность

Kollegium, Fakultät, Vermögen, Fähigkeit

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

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/ˈfæk.əl.ti/

» Tom and Mary are faculty members.

Meaning

6 senses

(Canada, Philippines, US)The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
Kollegium, Lehrpersonal
профе́ссорско-преподава́тельский соста́вproféssorsko-prepodavátelʹskij sostáv, профессу́раprofessúra
професу́раprofesúra, профе́сорсько-виклада́цький складprofésorsʹko-vykladácʹkyj sklad
A division of a university.
She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
Fakultät
факульте́тfakulʹtét, отделе́ниеotdelénije
факульте́тfakulʹtét, відді́лviddíl
An ability, power, or skill.
He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
Vermögen, Fähigkeit, Begabung
спосо́бностьsposóbnostʹ, возмо́жностьvozmóžnostʹ, дарdar
зді́бністьzdíbnistʹ, дарdar
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
(Church of England)A licence to make alterations to a church.
The members of a profession.

More definitions

one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
the body of teachers and administrators at a school

Examples

40 sentences

Tom and Mary are faculty members.
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Students may not enter the faculty lounge.
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What faculty were they in again?
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I'm a student of chemistry faculty.
ruЯ студент химического факультета.
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He has a faculty for making friends.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

scholarly staff at colleges or universities:

division of a university:

ability, skill, or power:

Русский

By meaning 3

scholarly staff at colleges or universities:

division of a university:

ability, skill, or power:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

scholarly staff at colleges or universities:

division of a university:

ability, skill, or power:

Origin

From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facul

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.

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