Faculty Meaning & Definition in Layman's Terms

Faculty

In layman's terms - a group of teachers at school or college

Faculty Definition & Meaning

The word faculty refers to a group of teachers, researchers, and other professionals who work at a university, college, or other educational school.

Faculty can also mean a specific department within a school, such as the faculty of science or faculty of law or the physical abilities of a person, such as the faculty of sight or the faculty of memory (the ability to see or remember things).

Faculty Used in a Sentence

The faculty at my university is made up of scholars and experts.
The faculty of medicine is responsible for training the next generation of doctors and healthcare professionals.
As Sylvia aged, she lost the faculty of hearing and had to rely on hearing aids.