faculty
faculty
/ˈfæklti/
(plural faculties)
1 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
Collocations
adjective
ArtsEnglishlaw…
faculty + noun
member
preposition
in a/the facultyfaculty of
phrases
a member of the facultythe dean of (the) facultythe head of (the) faculty…
the Law School faculty
a faculty meeting
faculty members
Larger grants may ensure more funding for faculty development.
My faculty adviser made an effort to contact me.
a hearing before a faculty committee
collaboration across faculties
Collocations
adjective
collegedepartmentaluniversity…
verb + faculty
hirerecruitretain…
faculty + noun
appointmentpositiondevelopment…
preposition
on the facultyfaculty atfaculty of…
3 countable, uncountable (often the faculty) (North American English) all the teachers of a particular university or college faculty members
She joined the faculty of the University of Maryland.
the faculty at public institutions
her colleagues on the faculty
The degree of job security for tenured faculty is high relative to most other jobs.
Teachers are typically part-timers and adjunct faculty.
I was fortunate to receive a faculty appointment at Ohio State.
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
He is not in full possession of all his mental faculties.
She is over eighty but still has all her faculties.
We try to develop the student's critical faculties.
the evolution of man's higher faculties
Collocations
adjective
highercognitiveintellectual…
verb + faculty
be in possession ofhavelose…
preposition
faculty for
5 singular faculty of/for (doing) something (formal) a particular ability for doing something the faculty of understanding complex issues
He had a faculty for seeing his own mistakes.
our faculty for picking up speech even in noisy environments
Word Origin
late Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.