faculty
Meaning
- The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
- A division of a university.
- an ability, power, or skill.
- An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
- A licence to make alterations to a church.
- The members of a profession.
Synonyms
ability
teaching staff
mental faculty
aptitude for
branch of study
group of professors
academic department
acquiry
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caliber
college
competency
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfæ.kəl.ti/
Etymology
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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