faculty

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English faculte (“‘power, property’”) < Old French faculte < Latin facultas (“‘capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, properly, ML. also a body of teachers’”), another form of facilitas (“‘easiness, facility, etc.’”) < facul, another form of facilis (“‘easy, facile’”); see facile.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fækʊltiː/
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[edit] Noun

faculty (plural faculties)

1. The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
2. A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
3. An ability, skill, or power.

   He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:faculty

[edit] Related terms

• facultative

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[edit] External links

• faculty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• faculty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911