faculty

noun

fac·ul·ty ˈfa-kəl-tē How to pronounce faculty (audio)

plural faculties

: ability, power: such as

: innate or acquired ability to act or do

man … how infinite in faculty

William Shakespeare

: an inherent capability, power, or function

the faculty of hearing

: any of the powers of the mind (such as will, reason, or instinct) formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena

: natural aptitude

has a faculty for saying the right things

: a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution

archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified

: the members of a profession

: the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution

an excellent mathematics faculty

faculty plural : faculty members

many faculty were present

: power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred

The state has the faculty to define treason.

Example Sentences

She's a member of the Harvard faculty. The school hired more faculty. a meeting with students and faculty She has a faculty for making friends. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Recent Examples on the Web The two sides had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care.

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 There were only 12 Black faculty members out of 456 and six administrators from a field of 95.

Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 The university will spend about $4 million at first to immediately hire 27 faculty members to expand its traditional and accelerated bachelor of science in nursing programs to serve 198 more students per year.

Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, faculty members can use assignments to encourage students to reflect on their life purpose and connect it with their future career aspirations.

Mariya Yukhymenko, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Mastriano was the only one of the 21 faculty members in the photo to don a Confederate uniform for the occasion.

Grayson Quay, The Week, 27 Aug. 2022 Anderson’s mother, Amy Bishop, shot six fellow faculty members, killing three of them, during a meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010.

Ashley Remkus | Aremkus@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022 Clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2022 However, faculty members have been vocal in their support and assistance to the cause.

Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English faculte "power, ability, field of knowledge, branch of learning at a university," borrowed from Anglo-French faculté, borrowed from Medieval Latin facultāt-, facultās (Latin, "power, ability, opportunity, quantity available"), from Latin *faklis, earlier form of facilis "easy, accommodating" + -tāt-, -tās -ty — more at facile

Note: Latin facultās presumably developed from an original *faklitāts (via *fakl̥tāts > *fakiltāts > facultās), and hence is a doublet of facilitās "quality of being easily performed" (see facility), a derivative formed after facilis had assumed its attested form (with *-klis > -cilis). The difference in meaning between the two derivatives suggests the original adjective *faklis may have meant something like "possessing the power, able" (whence "easily done," conforming to other adjectives in -ilis).

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

faculty

noun

fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē How to pronounce faculty (audio)

plural faculties

: an inherent capability, power, or function

the faculty of hearing

digestive faculty

: one of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena

: the members of a profession

: the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution

faculties

noun

plural of faculty

as in powers

a natural ability of the mind or body although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

powers
capacities
capabilities
aptitudes
instincts
functions
endowments
talents
gifts
knacks
genii
geniuses
flairs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

incapacities
inabilities
incapabilities
inaptitudes

as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable

Synonyms & Similar Words

talents
aptitudes
gifts
knacks
endowments
flairs
geniuses
bents
eyes
minds
tendencies
affinities
skills
ears
genii
capacities
facilities
inclinations
impulses
dispositions
predispositions
instincts
powers
proclivities
propensities
habitudes
capabilities
partialities
feels
predilections
competences
heads
proficiencies
biases
penchants
leanings
potentials
noses
ways
specialities
specialties
touches
specialisms
fortes
turns
hangs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

disabilities
incapacities
handicaps
inabilities
weaknesses
shortcomings

as in abilities

the physical or mental power to do something the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened

Synonyms & Similar Words

abilities
capacities
aptitudes
talents
capabilities
competencies
skills
competences
facilities
endowments
equipments
reasons
instincts
intelligences
gifts
dexterities
resources
hands
knacks
understandings
potencies
influences
prowesses
addresses
gray matters
adequacies
means
mights
puissances
stuff
staying powers
forms
wherewithals
kens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

incapacities
disabilities
incapabilities
inabilities
weaknesses
deficiencies
impotences
incompetencies
ineptitudes
inadequacies
impairments
debilitations
incompetences
paralyses
inefficacies
disablements
ineffectualities
incapacitations

单词	faculties
释义	faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfa-kəl-tē plural faculties 1 : ability, power: such as a : innate or acquired ability to act or do man … how infinite in faculty William Shakespeare b : an inherent capability, power, or function the faculty of hearing c : any of the powers of the mind (such as will, reason, or instinct) formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena d : natural aptitude has a faculty for saying the right things 2 a : a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution b archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified 3 a : the members of a profession b : the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution an excellent mathematics faculty c faculty plural : faculty members many faculty were present 4 : power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred The state has the faculty to define treason. Synonyms power See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She's a member of the Harvard faculty. The school hired more faculty. a meeting with students and faculty She has a faculty for making friends. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Recent Examples on the Web The two sides had been split over salary increases and how much faculty members should pay for health care. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022 There were only 12 Black faculty members out of 456 and six administrators from a field of 95. Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 The university will spend about $4 million at first to immediately hire 27 faculty members to expand its traditional and accelerated bachelor of science in nursing programs to serve 198 more students per year. Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 For example, faculty members can use assignments to encourage students to reflect on their life purpose and connect it with their future career aspirations. Mariya Yukhymenko, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Mastriano was the only one of the 21 faculty members in the photo to don a Confederate uniform for the occasion. Grayson Quay, The Week, 27 Aug. 2022 Anderson’s mother, Amy Bishop, shot six fellow faculty members, killing three of them, during a meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2010. Ashley Remkus \| Aremkus@al.com, al, 23 Aug. 2022 Clinical care is led by physicians who are faculty members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2022 However, faculty members have been vocal in their support and assistance to the cause. Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English faculte "power, ability, field of knowledge, branch of learning at a university," borrowed from Anglo-French faculté, borrowed from Medieval Latin facultāt-, facultās (Latin, "power, ability, opportunity, quantity available"), from Latin faklis, earlier form of facilis* "easy, accommodating" + -tāt-, -tās -ty — more at facile Note: Latin facultās presumably developed from an original faklitāts (via fakl̥tāts > fakiltāts > facultās), and hence is a doublet of facilitās* "quality of being easily performed" (see facility), a derivative formed after facilis had assumed its attested form (with -klis > -cilis). The difference in meaning between the two derivatives suggests the original adjective faklis may have meant something like "possessing the power, able" (whence "easily done," conforming to other adjectives in -ilis). First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing faculty sub-faculty inter-faculty sub-faculty inter-faculty Kids Definition faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē plural faculties 1 : ability to do something : talent He has a faculty for making friends. 2 : one of the powers of the mind or body the faculty of hearing 3 : the teachers in a school or college Medical Definition faculty noun fac·ul·ty ˈfak-əl-tē plural faculties 1 a : an inherent capability, power, or function the faculty of hearing digestive faculty b : one of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena 2 a : the members of a profession b : the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution faculties noun plural of faculty 1 as in powers a natural ability of the mind or body although they are well into their 80s, the mental faculties of this couple are as sharp as ever Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance powers capacities capabilities aptitudes instincts functions endowments talents gifts knacks genii geniuses flairs Antonyms & Near Antonyms incapacities inabilities incapabilities inaptitudes 2 as in talents a special and usually inborn ability even when he was still at a young age, John Singleton Copley's artistic faculties were readily recognizable Synonyms & Similar Words talents aptitudes gifts knacks endowments flairs geniuses bents eyes minds tendencies affinities skills ears genii capacities facilities inclinations impulses dispositions predispositions instincts powers proclivities propensities habitudes capabilities partialities feels predilections competences heads proficiencies biases penchants leanings potentials noses ways specialities specialties touches specialisms fortes turns hangs Antonyms & Near Antonyms disabilities incapacities handicaps inabilities weaknesses shortcomings 3 as in abilities the physical or mental power to do something the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened Synonyms & Similar Words abilities capacities aptitudes talents capabilities competencies skills competences facilities endowments equipments reasons instincts intelligences gifts dexterities resources hands knacks understandings potencies influences prowesses addresses gray matters adequacies means mights puissances stuff staying powers forms wherewithals kens Antonyms & Near Antonyms incapacities disabilities incapabilities inabilities weaknesses deficiencies impotences incompetencies ineptitudes inadequacies impairments debilitations incompetences paralyses inefficacies disablements ineffectualities incapacitations See More
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