Current theme: Creative Learning Fortnight in association with Artis
faculty
- 1) noun, one of the inherent powers of the mind or body, such as reason, memory, sight, or hearing
- 2) noun, any ability or power, whether acquired or inherent
- 3) noun, a conferred power or right
- 4) noun, a) a department within a university or college devoted to a particular branch of knowledge b) the staff of such a department c) all the teaching staff at a university, college, school, etc
- 5) noun, all members of a learned profession
- 6) noun, occupation
Etymology
C14 (in the sense: department of learning): from Latin facultās capability; related to Latin facilis easy
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
Tweetymologies
How people on twitter are using the word faculty
No video for this word, yet.
We're a video dictionary, but we're new and there are many words in the English language.
We're uploading new video definitions of words daily but we need your help. Does this word have a special meaning to you? If so we'd love to see you define it through video.
Popular videos
Related words
Synonyms
teacher, talent, school, turn, reason, intelligence, ability, power, skill, facility, gift, capacity, bent, capability, readiness, knack, propensity, aptitude, dexterity, clever, adroit, department, discipline, profession, staff, professor, lecturer, power, sense