faculty

faculty
1. n способность, дар

faculty of hearing — слух

faculty of speech — дар речи

the mental faculties — умственные способности

the faculty of making friends — способность легко заводить друзей

to have a great faculty for mathematics — иметь большие способности к математике

memorative faculty — способность запоминать

rational faculty — мыслительная способность

faculty for languages — способность к языкам

faculty of reception — способность восприятия

2. n власть, право
3. n факультет, отделение

the faculty of law — юридический факультет

faculty of increase — факультет повышения

the faculty of law — юридический факультет

faculty of arts — отделение гуманитарных наук

medical school faculty — медицинский факультет

4. n профессорско-преподавательский состав

faculty member — преподаватель высшего учебного заведения

5. n собир. лица с высшим образованием, принадлежащие к одной профессии

the medical faculty — врачи

the case called every faculty of the doctor into play — заболевание потребовало от врача напряжения всех его сил и способностей

Синонимический ряд:
1. ability (noun) ability; aptitude; capability; capacity; competence; forte; function; might; penchant; power; skill; strength
2. faculties (noun) faculties; intelligence; reason; wits
3. gift (noun) aptness; bent; bump; flair; genius; gift; head; inclination; instinct; knack; nose; set; talent; turn
4. right (noun) authority; right
5. staff (noun) body; instructors; lecturers; pedagogues; professors; staff; teachers
Антонимический ряд:
incapacity; incompetence

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  • Faculty — Fac ul*ty, n.; pl. {Faculties}. [F. facult?, L. facultas, fr. facilis easy (cf. facul easily), fr. fecere to make. See {Fact}, and cf. {Facility}.] 1. Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Faculty — may refer to:In education: * Faculty (university), a division of a university or the academic staff of a university * A collective name for the teachers in schools in the United StatesIn other uses: * Faculty (instrument), an instrument or… …   Wikipedia

  • faculty — [fak′əl tē] n. pl. faculties [ME & OFr faculte < L facultas < facilis: see FACILE] 1. Obs. the power to do; ability to perform an action 2. any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense [the faculty of hearing, speech, etc.]… …   English World dictionary

  • faculty — I (ability) noun ableness, adroitness, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, competence, competency, cunning, deftness, dexterity, enablement, endowment, equipment, expertise, expertness, fitness, flair, gift, handiness, knack, know how,… …   Law dictionary

  • faculty — late 14c., ability, means, resources, from O.Fr. faculté (14c.) skill, accomplishment, learning, and directly from L. facultatem (nom. facultas) power, ability, wealth, from *facli tat s, from facilis (see FACILE (Cf. facile)). Academic sense… …   Etymology dictionary

  • faculty — [n1] ability, skill adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, knowing way around*, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol*, power …   New thesaurus

  • faculty — ► NOUN (pl. faculties) 1) an inherent mental or physical power. 2) an aptitude or talent. 3) chiefly Brit. a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge. 4) N. Amer. the teaching or research staff of a university… …   English terms dictionary

  • faculty — noun 1 natural ability of the body/mind ADJECTIVE ▪ higher ▪ the evolution of man s higher faculties ▪ cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • faculty — n. division of a university (esp. BE; CE has school) 1) a faculty of education; law; medicine; science teaching staff (esp. AE) 2) on the faculty (she is on the faculty) 3) a college, university; school faculty 4) the standing ( permanent )… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • faculty — 01. An unknown businessperson has donated over $10 million towards the construction of a new medical [faculty] at the university. 02. Our French professor took the entire class to lunch at the [faculty] club. 03. Chocolate was only accepted by… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • faculty — fac|ul|ty [ˈfækəlti] n plural faculties [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: faculté, from Latin facultas ability ] 1.) a department or group of related departments within a university faculty of ▪ the Faculty of Law ▪ the Engineering Fac …   Dictionary of contemporary English


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