department
noun
- a separate part, division, or branch, as of a government, business, or school: the police department, the accounting department, the history department
- a field of knowledge or activity: rewriting is his department
- ☆ a specialized column or section appearing regularly in a periodical
- an administrative district in France, Greece, or certain Latin American countries
See department in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dĭ-pärtˈmənt)
noun- A distinct, usually specialized division of a large organization, especially:
a. A principal administrative division of a government: the department of public works.
b. A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service: the personnel department.
c. A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge: the physics department.
- Department One of the principal executive divisions of the federal government of the United States, headed by a cabinet officer.
- A section of a department store selling a particular line of merchandise: the home furnishings department.
- An administrative district in France.
- A unit of a warship's crew, organized by function, such as gunnery or engineering.
- An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty: Getting the kids to bed is my department.
Related Forms:
- deˌpart·menˈtal (dēˌpärt-mĕnˈtl) adjective
- deˌpart·menˈtal·ly adverb
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