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- DictionaryFac·ul·ty/ˈfak(ə)ltē/
noun
- 1. an inherent mental or physical power: "her critical faculties"
- 2. a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge: "the Faculty of Arts and Sciences"
C1 [ C ] mainly UK (US usually college, school) a group of departments in a university or college that specialize in a particular subject or group of subjects: the Faculty of Science / Arts. the Psychology/Law Faculty. More examples.
A faculty refers to any of your mental or physical abilities. If you lose your faculties, you are powerless. The faculty of a school is comprised of the people who work there. Lose them, and you have a different kind of problem. Faculty comes from the Old French word faculté, which means “skill, accomplishment, or learning.”
Definition of faculty noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. faculty. noun. /ˈfæklti/ (plural faculties) [countable] a department or group of related departments in a college or university. the Faculty of Law. students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty. the Faculty of Arts. Topics Education c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
noun. uk / ˈfæk ə lti / us. Add to word list. [ C ] a natural ability to hear, see, think, move, etc: [ usually plural ] After her stroke, my mother lost many of her faculties. the English/law/science, etc faculty. a particular department at a college or university, or the teachers in that department. the faculty. US.
3 days ago · A faculty is a group of related departments in some universities, or the people who work in them. [British] ...the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. [ + of] Synonyms: department, school, discipline, profession More Synonyms of faculty. 3. variable noun [oft NOUN noun]
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties. an inherent capability of the body: the faculties of sight and hearing.
1. a [noncount] : the group of teachers in a school or college. She's a member of the Harvard faculty. — often used before another noun. faculty members. a faculty meeting. b faculty [plural] US : faculty members or teachers. The school hired more faculty. a meeting with students and faculty.
