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Word entry · 7 letters

faculty

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"University staff"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfæk.əl.ti/Part of speech nounSorted acfltuyStarts with FEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine.
  • He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact.
  • What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty!

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01University staff7 letters
02School teaching staff7 letters

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