facultynoun
uk/ˈfæk.əl.ti/us/ˈfæk.əl.t̬i/faculty noun (ABILITY)
C1 [ C usually plural ] a natural ability to hear, see, think, move, etc.:
Even at the age of 100, she still had all her faculties.
Is he in command/possession of all his faculties (= can he still hear, speak, see, and think clearly)?
[ C ] a special ability to do a particular thing:
She has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.
Studying has certainly sharpened my critical faculties (= taught me to think carefully about things using my judgment).
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- He's applied for a job in the history faculty.
- See the faculty website for more details.
- The faculty has decided to close the common room.
- She received a generous research grant from the faculty.
- Work has begun on the construction of the new faculty building.
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Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- capability
- command
- dash
- ear
- effortless
- expertise
- facility
- finesse
- flair
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
- qualification
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faculty noun (IN A COLLEGE)
C1 [ C ] a group of departments in a college that specialize in a particular subject or group of subjects:
the Psychology/Law Faculty
UK the Faculty of Science
B2 [ C or S ] US the people who teach in a department in a college:
He has been a faculty member at the college for 20 years.
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University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- junior college
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- summa cum laude
- varsity
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Groups of people
Teachers