department
de·part·ment
noun
1.
2.
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
3.
a specialized sphere of knowledge
- “baking is not my department”
- “his work established a new department of literature”
Origin
From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.
Phrases
- cabinet department
- casualty department
- Department of Redundancy Department
- department store
- emergency department
- fire department
- police department
- state department
Related words
Word family
- department store
- Department of Defense
- Department of State
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Labor
- departmental
- Department of Health Education and Welfare
- Department of Justice
- departmentally
- department head
- department of anthropology
- department of biology
- department of chemistry
- Department of Commerce and Labor
- department of computer science
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