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facultythe teaching staff of a university or college

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: the teaching staff of a university or college

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈfækəlti/

Korean meaning: 대학의 교수진, 학부

Korean pronunciation: 팩-얼-티 (강세: 팩)

Example Sentences

  • The new professor joined the faculty and immediately became popular for bringing donuts to every meeting.
  • Despite losing his faculty of hearing, Beethoven continued composing masterpieces.
  • The engineering faculty organized a robot competition where the robots had to make perfect coffee.

faculty

NOUN

//ˈfækəlti//

the teaching staff of a university or college

faculty concept
💡 Concept

University teaching staff together

faculty rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Faculty shares their specialty, earning student loyalty!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈfækəlti/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈfækəlti/

🌳Etymology

Rootfacul
Suffix--ty

Origin

라틴어 'facultas'에서 유래했으며, '능력'이나 '용이함'을 의미했습니다. 시간이 지나면서 대학의 교수진을 지칭하는 말로도 사용되게 되었습니다.

🎵Rhyme

penaltyspecialtyloyalty
penalty
specialty
loyalty

🔗Collocations

faculty meeting
faculty member
medical faculty
faculty lounge
mental faculty
faculty advisor

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The new professor joined the faculty and immediately became popular for bringing donuts to every meeting.

Despite losing his faculty of hearing, Beethoven continued composing masterpieces.

😄 Fun example

The engineering faculty organized a robot competition where the robots had to make perfect coffee.

😄 Fun example

She has an extraordinary faculty for remembering faces but terrible at remembering names.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

staffabilitytalentcapacitydepartment

Antonyms

inabilityincapacity

Related

professoruniversityacademicskillaptitude

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