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- [fak-uh l-tee]
- /ˈfæk əl ti/
- /ˈfæk.əl.ti/
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- [fak-uh l-tee]
- /ˈfæk əl ti/
Definitions of faculty word
- noun plural faculty an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily. 1
- noun plural faculty one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech: Though very sick, he is in full possession of all his faculties. 1
- noun plural faculty an inherent capability of the body: the faculties of sight and hearing. 1
- noun plural faculty exceptional ability or aptitude: a president with a faculty for management. 1
- noun plural faculty Education. the entire teaching and administrative force of a university, college, or school. one of the departments of learning, as theology, medicine, or law, in a university. the teaching body, sometimes with the students, in any of these departments. 1
- noun plural faculty the members of a learned profession: the medical faculty. 1
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Origin of faculty
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English faculte < Anglo-French, Middle French < Latin facultāt- (stem of facultās) ability, power, equivalent to facil(is) easy (see facile) + -tāt- -ty2; cf. facility
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Parts of speech for Faculty
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faculty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for faculty
noun faculty
- dexterity — Dexterity is skill in using your hands, or sometimes your mind.
- bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
- adroitness — expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
Antonyms for faculty
noun faculty
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
- incapacity — lack of ability, qualification, or strength; incapability.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
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