fac ‧ ul ‧ ty /ˈfæk ə lti/ BrE AmE noun ( plural faculties )
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: faculté , from Latin facultas 'ability' ]
1 . [countable] a department or group of related departments within a university ⇨ school
faculty of
the Faculty of Law
the Engineering Faculty
2 . [uncountable and countable] American English all the teachers in a university:
Both faculty and students oppose the measures.
3 . [countable usually plural] a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly:
the patient’s mental faculties
in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)
faculty of
the faculty of sight
4 . [countable] formal a particular skill that someone has SYN talent
faculty for
She had a great faculty for absorbing information.