What does department mean?
Definitions for department
dɪˈpɑrt məntde·part·ment
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word department.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
departmentnoun
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
departmentnoun
a specialized sphere of knowledge
"baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
Wiktionary
departmentnoun
A part, portion, or subdivision.
departmentnoun
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
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.
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.
departmentnoun
A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
departmentnoun
Act of departing; departure.
Etymology: From département.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Departmentverb
act of departing; departure
Departmentverb
a part, portion, or subdivision
Departmentverb
a distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province
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
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
Departmentverb
a military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac
Etymology: [F. dpartement, fr. dpartir. See Depart, v. i.]
Freebase
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
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
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
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
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
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'department' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #531
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'department' in Written Corpus Frequency: #875
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'department' in Nouns Frequency: #153
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of department in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of department in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of department in a Sentence
United States calls with the Chinese and others in October and January were in keeping with these duties and responsibilities conveying reassurance in order to maintain strategic stability, all calls from the Chairman to United States counterparts, including those reported, are staffed, coordinated and communicated with the Department of Defense and the interagency.
I spoke to State Department during the course of this situation, I told you, at least 10 times, and I met with Hunter Biden.
Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall:
This was never a cold case for our police department, we were all conscious of Julie's murder looking for the killer and we had Julie's picture on our desks and investigations for all these years.
His use of deadly force in this incident is a clear violation of department policy and directly contradicts multiple aspects of our use of force and training.
It’s just been the perfect storm of bad timing and we miss our fellow officer and the loss of leadership at the police department.
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Translations for department
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- دائرة, قسمArabic
- отделение, отделBulgarian
- odděleníCzech
- AbteilungGerman
- κλάδος, τμήμα, περιφέρεια, υπηρεσία, διεύθυνση, περιοχήGreek
- departementoEsperanto
- departamento, secciónSpanish
- jaosto, ministeriö, yksikkö, laitos, osasto, ala, departementtiFinnish
- ministère, départementFrench
- מחלקהHebrew
- depatmanHaitian Creole
- osztály, szakosztály, részleg, tanszék, minisztériumHungarian
- departmentLatin
- działPolish
- departamentoPortuguese
- факультет, отделение, департамент, отдел, министерствоRussian
- avdelningSwedish
- துறைTamil
- kagawaranTagalog
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