fac
College teaching body
Fac is informal shorthand for faculty, typically in academic contexts: the fac meeting runs long, she's on the fac senate.
Less commonly, fac abbreviates facsimile or facility.
The word appears mainly in casual writing and institutional jargon rather than formal prose.
Inherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- professorSenior university teacher
- deanSenior academic administrator
- tenureProtected employment status
lecturer · instructor · scholarship · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · committee · provost
Inherent power or ability
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- facingDirected toward something
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
- facilitiesProvided spaces and equipment
factoid · factorial · faceplate · facia · facial · faceted · facsimiles
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- departmentDistinct unit within organization
- professorSenior university teacher
- deanSenior academic administrator
tenure · lecturer · instructor · scholarship · curriculum · syllabus · seminar · committee · provost · adjunct
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- facsimileExact reproduction of original
- facingDirected toward something
- facilitationMaking tasks easier
facilities · factoid · factorial · faceplate · facia · facial · faceted · facsimiles
facstudents
Those receiving instruction
student body · undergrads · undergraduates · grad students · pupils
- in factEmphasizing what's true
- face maskProtective facial covering
- face itCommand to accept truth
- face to faceIn someone's presence
- make a faceDistort expression deliberately
- face downChallenge directly, or inverted
face, fact, factory, factor, factors, facet, factual, facility, artifact