- faculty
- noun1 natural ability of the body/mindADJECTIVE▪ higher▪
the evolution of man's higher faculties
▪ cognitive, intellectual, mental, rational▪He is not in full possession of all his mental faculties.
▪ creative, critical, imaginative, moral▪ humanVERB + FACULTY▪ be in possession of, have▪She is over eighty but still has all her faculties.
▪ lose▪ develop▪We try to develop the student's critical faculties.
PREPOSITION▪ faculty for▪our faculty for picking up speech even in noisy environments
2 university departmentADJECTIVE▪ Arts, English, law, medical, etc.FACULTY + NOUN▪ memberPREPOSITION▪ in a/the faculty▪students who are doing degrees in the Arts Faculty
▪ faculty of▪the Faculty of Arts
PHRASES▪ a member of the faculty▪ the dean of (the) faculty, the head of (the) faculty3 (AmE) the teachers at a universityADJECTIVE▪ college, departmental, university▪ full-time, part-time▪ adjunct▪Teachers are typically part-timers and adjunct faculty.
▪ junior, senior▪ tenured, untenured▪The degree of job security for tenured faculty is high relative to most other jobs.
▪ non-tenure-track, tenure-trackVERB + FACULTY▪ hire, recruit▪ retain▪ join▪She joined the faculty of the University of Maryland.
▪ be on▪He is currently on the faculty at the University of Texas.
FACULTY + NOUN▪ appointment, position▪I was fortunate to receive a faculty appointment at Ohio State.
▪ development, recruitment▪Larger grants may ensure more funding for faculty development.
▪ research▪ governance▪ committee, senate▪a hearing before a faculty committee
▪ union▪ adviser, mentor▪My faculty adviser made an effort to contact me.
PREPOSITION▪ on the faculty▪her colleagues on the faculty
▪ faculty at▪the faculty at public institutions
▪ faculty of▪the faculty of the University of Iowa
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
