noun (plural faculties)
1 [C,usually pl.] any of the physical or mental abilities that a person is born with:
the faculty of sight * She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to think and understand) until the day she died. * to be in full possession of your faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.) * intellectual / critical / artistic faculties
2 [sing.] ~ of / for (doing) sth (formal) a particular ability for doing sth:
the faculty of understanding complex issues * a faculty for seeing his own mistakes
3 [C] a department or group of related departments in a college or university:
the Faculty of Law * the Arts Faculty
4 [C+sing./pl.v.] all the teachers in a faculty of a college or university:
the Law School faculty * a faculty meeting * faculty members
5 [C,U] (often the faculty) (AmE) all the teachers of a particular university or college:
faculty members
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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