faculty

faculty
'fækəlti
plural - faculties; noun
1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) evne, anlegg
2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) sans, evne
3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) evne, anlegg, dyktighet
4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) fakultet
evne
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fakultet
subst. \/ˈfæk(ə)ltɪ\/
1) evne, sans
administrative faculty
administrativ evne
faculty of hearing
hørsel
mental faculties
åndsevner
2) (spesielt amer.) dyktighet, særlig evne, talent, egenskap
have a faculty for leadership
ha en utpreget lederegenskap
3) (universitet) fakultet
the faculty of law
det juridiske fakultet
the faculty of arts
det historisk-filosofiske fakultet
4) (universitet) fakultet(smedlemmer), fakultetets lærerstab
faculty meeting
fakultetsmøte
5) (amer.) lærerkollegium, lærerstab
6) (gammeldags) autorisasjon, tillatelse
7) (spesielt kirkelig) dispensasjon, særlig tillatelse
court of faculties
dispensasjonsdomstol\/dispensasjonsrett
be in possession of all one's faculties være ved sine fulle fem, ha alle sansene i behold
court of faculties (spesielt kirkelig) dispensasjonsdomstol, dispensasjonsrett
faculty for evne til, talent for
he has a great faculty for learning languages
han har lett for å lære språk

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