faculty of hearing

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• faculty — [fak′əl tē] n. pl. faculties [ME & OFr faculte < L facultas < facilis: see FACILE] 1. Obs. the power to do; ability to perform an action 2. any natural or specialized power of a living organism; sense [the faculty of hearing, speech, etc.]… …   English World dictionary

• hearing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Sense of hearing Nouns 1. hearing, sense of hearing; audition, auscultation; eavesdropping, audibility; acute ear, etc.; ear for music, perfect or absolute pitch; otology, audiology; audiometer;… …   English dictionary for students

• hearing — n 1. ear, audition, sense or faculty of hearing, aural sense or faculty, ability to hear, Anat., Physiol. auditory perception; audience, listening, hearking, harkening, auscultation. 2. audience, interview, opportunity to be heard, chance to… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• faculty — 01. An unknown businessperson has donated over $10 million towards the construction of a new medical [faculty] at the university. 02. Our French professor took the entire class to lunch at the [faculty] club. 03. Chocolate was only accepted by… …   Grammatical examples in English

• faculty — [[t]fæ̱k(ə)lti[/t]] faculties 1) N COUNT: usu pl, oft poss N, N of n Your faculties are your physical and mental abilities. He was drunk and not in control of his faculties... It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in… …   English dictionary

• faculty — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English faculte, from Anglo French faculté, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval Latin facultat , facultas branch of learning or teaching, from Latin, ability, abundance, from facilis facile Date: 14th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• faculty — A natural or specialized power of a living organism. * * * fac·ul·ty fak əl tē n, pl ties 1 a) an inherent capability, power, or function <the faculty of hearing> <digestive faculty> b) one of the powers of the mind formerly held by… …   Medical dictionary

• Hearing — Hear ing, n. 1. The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good. [1913 Webster] I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear. Job xlii. 5. [1913 Webster] Note:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Faculty — may refer to:In education: * Faculty (university), a division of a university or the academic staff of a university * A collective name for the teachers in schools in the United StatesIn other uses: * Faculty (instrument), an instrument or… …   Wikipedia

• hearing — [n1] ability to perceive sound audition, auditory, auditory range, detecting, distinguishing, ear, earshot, effect, extent, faculty, hearing distance, listening, perception, range, reach, recording, sense; concept 597 hearing [n2] opportunity to… …   New thesaurus

• hearing — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of perceiving sounds. 2) the range within which sounds may be heard; earshot. 3) an opportunity to state one s case: a fair hearing. 4) an act of listening to evidence, especially a trial before a judge without a jury …   English terms dictionary