faculties
pronunciation
How to pronounce faculties in British English:
UK ['fæk(ə)ltɪz]
How to pronounce faculties in American English:
US [ 'fækltiz]
Word Origin
- faculties (n.)
- "powers or properties of one's mind," also "physical functions," early 16c., plural of faculty.
Example
- 1. Get your critical faculties into gear !
- 2. Yet they were also supposed to remain in control of their faculties , bantering and displaying wit .
- 3. In return for putting up a lot of money , the malaysian government wants universities to set up faculties in subjects that will be most useful to malaysia .
- 4. Did the president 's immediate advisers convince themselves that wilson was in possession of all his faculties despite evidence to the contrary ?
- 5. A surprising discovery suggests our mental faculties have not yet been fully tapped by the age of 30 .