faculty

Found in thesaurus: ability, power, body

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faculty
n. ability; aptitude; sense; skill, talent; capability; department; teaching staff; teaching and administrative force of a university

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Faculty
Faculty may refer to:
  • Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage)
  • Faculty (division), a division within a university (usage outside of North America)
  • Faculty (instrument), an instrument or warrant in canon law, especially a judicial or quasi-judicial warrant from an ecclesiastical court or tribunal
in India universities also use the word faculty in university education academic staff
  • Aspects of intelligence ("cognitive faculties")
  • Senses of sight, hearing, touch, etc. ("perceptive faculties")
  • The Faculty, a horror/sci-fi movie by Robert Rodriguez
  • The rights of a priest to celebrate or perform various liturgical functions

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faculty

Noun
1. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
(synonym) mental faculty, module
(hypernym) ability, power
(hyponym) attention
2. the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"
(synonym) staff
(hypernym) body
(member-holonym) school
(member-meronym) professor, prof


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faculty
n. schopnost, vloha; fakulta; fakultní pedagogický sbor

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faculty
Rzecz. zmysł; zdolność, umiejętność; fakultet; wydział; katedra; ciało pedagogiczne, kadra, grono pedagogiczne