faculty — facility, faculty 1. Facility (from Latin facilis meaning ‘easy’) means ‘ease or ready ability to do something, aptitude’: • Firstborn children have greater verbal facility, and there is evidence that they have more successful relationships with… … Modern English usage
facility — facility, faculty 1. Facility (from Latin facilis meaning ‘easy’) means ‘ease or ready ability to do something, aptitude’: • Firstborn children have greater verbal facility, and there is evidence that they have more successful relationships with… … Modern English usage
faculty — See facility. See facility, faculty … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
facility — See facility, faculty … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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 of advocates — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 of Veterinary Science — Infobox University name = University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science motto = type = Public Veterinary school established = 1920 affiliations = University of Pretoria dean = Professor GE Swan free label = free = students = 767 undergrad … Wikipedia
faculty — noun 1) the faculty of speech Syn: power, capability, capacity, facility, wherewithal, means; (faculties) senses, wits, reason, intelligence 2) an unusual faculty for unearthing contributors Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM) — Infobox University name = Faculty of Philosophy and Literature (UNAM) caption = Seal of the UNAM s Faculty of Philosophy and Literature established = 1910 type = Faculty president = PhD. Ambrosio Velasco Gómez colors = Blue Gold color… … Wikipedia