faculty

🇺🇸 /ˈfæklti/ 🇬🇧 /ˈfæklti/
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noun
C1

a group of departments in a college or university that teach similar subjects

The faculty of science includes biology, chemistry, and physics departments.

C1

all the teachers in one department or group of departments at a college or university

The science faculty voted to change the curriculum.

R

all the teachers at a university or college

The university faculty includes professors from many countries.

R

natural mental or physical abilities that people are born with

As he aged, his mental faculty remained sharp.

R

a natural skill or ability to do something well

She has a special faculty for learning languages quickly.

translation

n. a group of departments in a college or university that teach similar subjects; all the teachers in one department or group of departments at a college or university; all the teachers at a university or college; natural mental or physical abilities that people are born with; a natural skill or ability to do something well

Word Forms

Plural faculties