Английский Этимологический словарь - faculty
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~ n plural faculties 1 a natural ability, such as the ability to see, hear, or think clearly + of (the faculty of reason | in full possession of all your faculties (=able to see, hear, think etc in the normal way)) 2 a particular skill that someone has + for (She had a great faculty for absorbing information.) 3 a department within a university (the Faculty of Engineering) 4 the faculty AmE all the teachers in a university (There was a mixed reaction to the proposal among the faculty.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(faculties) 1. Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities. He was drunk and not in control of his faculties... It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people. N-COUNT: usu pl, oft poss N, N of n 2. A faculty is a group of related departments in some universities, or the people who work in them. (BRIT) ...the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. N-VAR 3. A faculty is all the teaching staff of a university or college, or of one department. (AM) The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements... How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity? ...eminent Stanford faculty members. N-VAR: oft N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English faculte, from Anglo-French faculte, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin facultat-, facultas branch of learning or teaching, from Latin, ability, abundance, from facilis facile Date: 14th century 1. ability, power: as a. innate or acquired ability to act or do b. an inherent capability, power, or function the ~ of hearing c. any of the powers of the mind formerly held by psychologists to form a basis for the explanation of all mental phenomena d. natural aptitude has a ~ for saying the right things 2. a. a branch of teaching or learning in an educational institution b. archaic something in which one is trained or qualified 3. a. the members of a profession b. the teaching and administrative staff and those members of the administration having academic rank in an educational institution c. ~ plural ~ members many ~ were present 4. power, authority, or prerogative given or conferred Synonyms: see gift FAD noun Date: 1944 flavin adenine dinucleotide FAD noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal ; craze Synonyms: see fashion • ~dish adjective • ~dishly adverb • ~dishness noun • ~dism noun • ~dist noun • ~dy adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 an aptitude or ability for a particular activity. 2 an inherent mental or physical power. 3 a a group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge (faculty of modern languages). b US the staff of a university or college. c a branch of art or science; those qualified to teach it. 4 the members of a particular profession, esp. medicine. 5 authorization, esp. by a Church authority. Phrases and idioms Faculty of Advocates Law the society constituting the Scottish Bar. Etymology: ME f. OF facult{eacute} f. L facultas -tatis f. facilis easy ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ., юр. 1) разрешение 2) право, правомочие • - allegation of faculties - loss of faculty FACULTY способность, дар – dormant faculty – inventive faculty ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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образ. 1. преподавательский состав В школе 2. профессорско-преподавательский состав В колледже или университете. Ср. staff См. тж. assistant professor, associate professor, faculty adviser, faculty member, full professor, instructor ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. 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 faculty for saying the right thing —- умение говорить всегда кстати faculty of making oneself agreeable —- умение нравиться to collect one's faculties —- взять себя в руки, прийти в себя to be in possession of all one's faculties —- сохранять все свои умственные и физические способности 2. власть, право (особ. церковное) 3. факультет, отделение the faculty of law —- юридический факультет the four faculties —- богословский факультет, юридический факультет, медицинский факультет и отделение гуманитарных наук 4. профессорско-преподавательский состав (данного факультета в Великобритании, всего университета в США) faculty member —- преподаватель высшего учебного заведения faculty wives —- жены профессоров и преподавателей вузов 5. собир. лица с высшим образованием, принадлежащие к одной профессии the medical faculty —- врачи the legal faculty —- юристы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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for music музыкальные способности FACULTY noun 1) способность, дар to be in possession of all ones faculties - (полностью) сохранять все свои физические и умственные способности - faculty of speech - faculty for music 2) область науки или искусства 3) факультет 4) профессорско-преподавательский состав 5) (the Faculty) spread лица медицинской профессии 6) власть; право Syn: see genius FACULTY of conservation psych. память FACULTY of speech дар речи FACULTY of Arts отделение гуманитарных и математических наук ...Англо-русский словарь
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