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Spell Bee Word: Faculty


Basic Details

Word: Faculty

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A natural power of the body or mind, such as sight or memory; also the teachers of a school or college, or a department of a university.

Synonyms: ability, power, staff, department

How to Spell Faculty

Syllables: fac - ul - ty

Tricky part: The middle vowel is u, though it is said quickly: fac-ul-ty, not facalty or facilty. There is one c and one l.

Watch out for: facalty, facilty, faculity

Memory tip: Hide the word cult in the middle: fa + cult + y. Once you spot cult, you will never write facalty.

Usage Examples

Example 1: At ninety, my grandfather still has all his faculties and never forgets a birthday.

Example 2: The science faculty at the college has twelve professors.

Example 3: Our school's faculty organised a workshop on first aid.

Fun Fact

Faculty comes from the Latin facultas, meaning power or ability, which is linked to facilis, easy, the source of facility.

Practise the CREST Way

Mingle-Mangle

Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:

The new principal met every member of the ytucfla on her first day.

a) culture
b) factory
c) facility
d) faculty

Show answer

d) faculty. Facility needs two i's, factory an o and an r, and culture an r and an e, so the seven letters can only spell faculty.

Word Cookie

Fill in the missing letters to complete the word:

fac_lt_

a) a, y
b) i, y
c) u, y
d) u, i

Show answer

c) u, y. Say fac-ul-ty: the u belongs to ul, and the word ends in y, like loyalty.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word faculty as used in the sentence:

After the accident, he slowly regained the faculty of speech.

a) fear
b) power
c) price
d) habit

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b) power. Here faculty means a natural power of the body, like the power to speak.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a college, the faculty means the ____.

a) buses
b) canteen
c) teaching staff
d) students

Show answer

c) teaching staff

2. Memory, reason and imagination are all faculties of the ____.

a) mind
b) skin
c) hair
d) bones

Show answer

a) mind

Associated Words

climaxcleanedfoolishnessirritationdozed
additionoverthrowuneducatedconnecteddeliberately

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