faculty

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
  2. noun the body of teachers and administrators at a school

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

mental faculty, module

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