Definitions for Department
dɪˈpɑrt məntde·part·ment

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. department, sectionnoun

   a specialized division of a large organization

   "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"

2. departmentnoun

   the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

3. departmentnoun

   a specialized sphere of knowledge

   "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

Wiktionary(2.40 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. departmentnoun

   A part, portion, or subdivision.

2. departmentnoun

   A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

3. departmentnoun

   Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

4. departmentnoun

   A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes.

5. departmentnoun

   A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

6. departmentnoun

   Act of departing; departure.

7. Etymology: From département.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Departmentnoun

   Separate allotment; province or business assigned to a particular person.

   Etymology: department, French.

   The Roman fleets, during their command at sea, had their several stations and departments: the most considerable was the Alexandrian fleet, and the second was the African. Arbuthnot.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Departmentverb

   act of departing; departure

2. Departmentverb

   a part, portion, or subdivision

3. Departmentverb

   a distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province

4. Departmentverb

   subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics

5. Departmentverb

   a territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire

6. Departmentverb

   a military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac

7. Etymology: [F. dpartement, fr. dpartir. See Depart, v. i.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Department

   Department is the name given to the administrative and political subdivisions of many countries. As a territorial unit, "department" was first used by the French Revolutionary governments, apparently to emphasize that each territory was simply an administrative sub-division of the united sovereign nation. This attempt to de-emphasize local political identity contrasts strongly with countries which are divided into "states". Today, departments may exist either with or without a representative assembly and executive head depending upon the countries' constitutional and administrative structure. The United States used this designation for the "Department of Alaska" during the early period of US rule in Alaska.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Department

   de-pärt′ment, n. a part: a separate part of business or duty: a section of the administration: a division of a country, esp. of France.—adj. Department′al.—adv. Department′ally.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Department

   a territorial division in France instituted in 1790, under which the old division into provinces was broken up; each department, of which there are now 87, is broken up into arrondissements.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. department

   A term by which the divisions in the public services are distinguished, as the civil, the commissariat, the military, the naval, the victualling, &c.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. department

   A facet of a business, company, enterprise, organization or form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government with a specific purpose.

   The department had all the resources and income that they needed.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 18, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Administrative District
   • Sector

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Department' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #531

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Department' in Written Corpus Frequency: #875

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Department' in Nouns Frequency: #153

How to pronounce Department?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Department in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Department in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Department in a Sentence

1. Chris Magnus.Remington:

   Ryan Remington use of deadly force in this incident is a clear violation of department policy and directly contradicts multiple aspects of our use of force training, as a result, Tucson Police Department moved earlier today to terminate Officer Ryan Remington.

2. Donald Trump:

   Predictions Map’s because The Justice Department is trying so hard to protect Hillary Clinton, this is what we mean when we call it a rigged system. … Hillary Clinton is so guilty.

3. Parke Skelton:

   There's a whole other level of vetting and oversight for people who are actually employed by the State Department, as opposed to someone who worked for a subcontractor that had a contract with the State Department, i think that's a pretty serious misstatement.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   We provide an input, as I said in my opening statement, to the State Department.

5. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   The current Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is a bureaucratic nightmare, and the Department of Education is failing to meet The Education Department obligation to help ease the student debt burden for our nation's public servants.

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