- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- Arts
- English
- law
- …
- member
- in a/the faculty
- faculty of
- a member of the faculty
- the dean of (the) faculty
- the head of (the) faculty
- …
- [countable + singular or plural verb] all the teachers in a faculty of a college or university
- the Law School faculty
- a faculty meeting
- faculty members
- The faculty is/are meeting to discuss the issue.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- departmental
- university
- …
- hire
- recruit
- retain
- …
- appointment
- position
- development
- …
- on the faculty
- faculty at
- faculty of
- …
- [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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc2- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- college
- departmental
- university
- …
- hire
- recruit
- retain
- …
- appointment
- position
- development
- …
- on the faculty
- faculty at
- faculty of
- …
- [countable, usually plural] 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
Extra Examples- He is not in full possession of all his mental faculties.
- We try to develop the student's critical faculties.
- the evolution of man's higher faculties
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- higher
- cognitive
- intellectual
- …
- be in possession of
- have
- lose
- …
- faculty for
- [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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- higher
- cognitive
- intellectual
- …
- be in possession of
- have
- lose
- …
- faculty for
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas, from facilis ‘easy’, from facere ‘make, do’.
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