Department

Quick meaning: Department is a noun meaning A part, portion, or subdivision.

Meaning

A part, portion, or subdivision.

More Meanings

1. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
2. A specified aspect or quality.
3. A subdivision of an organization.
4. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
5. (historical) A military subdivision of a country
6. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

Example Sentences

the Department of the Potomac

Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature

The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed.

Word Forms

• departments

Synonyms for department

Depending on context, synonyms include province, specialty, ministry, section.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include section, organisation, sectoral, organization, program, management.

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