Definitions for department
dɪˈpɑrt məntde·part·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.4 / 5 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. department

   A department is a division or section within a larger organization or institution, focused on a specific function, discipline, or operation. This unit is often staffed by specific personnel and is administratively independent. Departments can be found in various contexts such as governmental organizations, educational institutions, businesses, and hospitals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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?

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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. Cory Gardner:

   Since the campaign, President Trump has consistently supported states ’ rights to decide for themselves how best to approach marijuana, late Wednesday, I received acommitment fromthePresident that the Department of Justice’s rescission of the Cole memo will not impact Colorado’s legal marijuana industry.

2. Colin Kahl:

   It's our view that the world faces a grave and growing climate crisis, climate change is both a threat to the Department of Defense's operations around the world and an existential challenge to our ability to maintain resilience here at home.

3. Law School professor Richard Briffault:

   The executive order itself does not do anything that carries legal consequences, the( executive order) is actually pretty toothless in that all of the sections of law he invokes do not deprive the Department of Health of its power as the ultimate decision maker regarding measures necessary to inhibit the spread of communicable diseases as outlined in Section 1003.22( 3) of Florida Statutes.

4. Brian Fallon:

   Judicial Watch must be getting pretty desperate if it is now accusing Trump's own Justice Department of orchestrating a cover-up to protect the Clintons.

5. Andrew Wylie:

   There's certainly no plea bargain that we could put out there, the Department of Corrections obviously wants information; they want answers as well relative to how this escape occurred. So on that end, whatever benefit that may be for David Sweat, only the time will tell.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=department
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Department
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=department
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/department
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=department
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=department
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Department
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=department