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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryfac·ul·ty \ˈfa-kəl-tē\ noun (plural -ties) ETYMOLOGY Middle English faculte, from Anglo-French faculté,from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin facultat-, facultasbranch of learning or teaching, from Latin, ability, abundance, from facilis facile DATE 14th century1. ability, power: as a. innate or acquired ability to act or do b. an inherent capability, power, or function the faculty of hearing c. any of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena d. natural aptitude has a faculty for saying the right things2. a. a branch of teaching or learning in an educational institution b. archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified3. a. the members of a profession b. the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution c. faculty plural : faculty members many faculty were present4. power, authority, or prerogative given or conferredSynonyms: see giftEnglish Etymologyfaculty 1382, "ability, means, resources," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. faculté, from L.facultatem (nom. facultas) "power, ability, wealth," from *facli-tat-s, from facilis (see facile). Academic sense was probably the earliest in Eng. (attested in Anglo-L. from 1184), on notion of "ability in knowledge." Originally each department was a faculty; the use in ref. to the whole teaching staff of a college dates from 1767.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7facultyfac·ulty / 5fAklti / noun(pl. -ies)1. [C, usually pl.] any of the physical or mental abilities that a person is born with 官能；天赋: the faculty of sight 视觉 She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to think and understand) until the day she died. 她直到临终那天一直保持着思维和理解能力。 to be in full possession of your faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.) 拥有一切官能(能够说、听、看见、理解等) 2. [sing.] ~ of / for (doing) sth (formal) a particular ability for doing sth 才能；能力: the faculty of understanding complex issues 理解复杂问题的能力 He had a faculty for seeing his own mistakes. 他具有看到自己错误的能力。 3. [C] a department or group of related departments in a college or university (高等院校的)系,院: the Faculty of Law 法学院 the Arts Faculty 文学院 4. [C + sing. / pl. v.] all the teachers in a faculty of a college or university (高等院校中院、系的)全体教师: the Law School faculty 法学院全体教师 a faculty meeting 全体教师会议 faculty members 全系教师 5. [C, U] (often the faculty) (NAmE) all the teachers of a particular university or college (某高等院校的)全体教师: faculty members 全系教师 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishfaculty noun 1 natural ability of the body/mind ADJ. higher the evolution of man's higher faculties | cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational He is not in full possession of all his mental faculties. | creative, critical, imaginative, moral | human VERB + FACULTY be in possession of, have She is over eighty but still has all her faculties. | lose | develop trying to develop the student's critical faculties PREP. ~ for our faculty for picking up speech even in noisy environments 2 university department ADJ. Arts, English, law, medical, etc. FACULTY + NOUN board, head, member PREP. across ~ collaboration across faculties | in a/the ~ students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty | ~ of the Faculty of Arts Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: GIFT 2, aptness, bent, bump, flair, genius, knack, nose, talent, turn Related Words: instinct; property, quality; leaning, penchant, proclivity, propensity; predilection Contrasted Words: inability, incapability, incapacity, ineptness 2 Synonyms: POWER 3, functionWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: faculty psychology , or faculty theoryfac·ul·ty\ˈfakəltē, -ti\ noun(-es)Usage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle English faculte, from Middle French faculté, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas branch of learning, academic faculty, from Latin, ability, power, abundance, supply, property, from Old Latin facul (neuter of Latin facilis easily done, easy) + Latin -tat-, -tas -ty — more at facile1. a. obsolete : a branch of learning b. : a branch of teaching or learning in an institution usually involving the interaction of several academic departments and providing education leading to a particular degree < in medieval universities the faculties usually recognized were theology, law, medicine, and arts > c. archaic : something in which one is trained or qualified (as an art, craft, trade, or profession)2. a. : the holders of graduate degrees and often the student candidates for degrees in theology, law, medicine, or arts b. : the members of a profession or calling < the medical faculty > c. : the teaching staff and those members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a college, university, or other educational institution or one of its divisions < an excellent mathematics faculty >3. : pecuniary state as evidenced by ability to pay; often : means, property, resources < the levying of faculty taxes >4. a. : ability to act or do whether inborn or cultivated < man … how infinite in faculty — Shakespeare > b. : an inherent capability, power, or function — now used chiefly of the living body or its parts < the faculty of hearing > < the digestive faculty > c. : one of the powers or agencies into which psychologists formerly divided the mind (as will, reason, instinct) and through the interaction of which they endeavored to explain all mental phenomena d. obsolete : personal characteristics or capacity : disposition e. : natural aptitude < he has a faculty for saying the right thing > f. : executive ability : competence < a natural faculty for managing a household > g. : a special mental endowment < Coleridge employed his analytical faculty frequently and brilliantly upon the works of Shakespeare — James Benziger >5. a. : power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred (as by a superior) < by its constituting authority the state has the faculty to define treason > b. : a permit from the consistory in the Church of England without which no considerable alterations can be made in a church's fabric, ornaments, or monuments c. : a right, authority, license, or dispensation granted or delegated by ecclesiastical authority — often plural in constr. even when sing. in meaning d. Scots law : a power or ability created by one to be exercised at any time by another in accordance with the terms of the instrument creating it; specifically : a power to make provision for the support of someone or to apportion or appoint property in which the holder of the power need not necessarily have any ownershipSynonyms: see gift

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