Meaning & use
faculty
A natural ability of the mind or body, such as reasoning, sight, or hearing.
See it in a sentence
Even in her nineties, she retained all her mental faculties and loved doing crossword puzzles.
The professor lost some hearing faculty after years of working near loud machinery.
A note on using this word
Faculty also commonly refers to the teaching staff of a school or a division of a university, such as the 'faculty of law,' a very different everyday sense.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The teaching staff of a school or university, or a division of a university organized around a subject area.
The faculty voted to update the curriculum for next year's incoming students.
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