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
You look around and see unemployment. Filling out job applications and being turned down because of where you live and your demographic. It's so much bigger than the police department.
Justice Department's totally inconsistent with the special counsel regulations, which are all about, at their heart, providing public confidence in the administration of the rule of law.
We also demanded that in case the conference is enforced as scheduled then we had to participate ... as a party directly concerned, i sent a formal request to my counterpart in the State Department and he responded that it's not a U.S. government event. So it means our request was denied.
( Virginia President Jim Ryan) and Carla( Carla Williams) were very gracious in what Virginia President Jim Ryan -RRB- offered to me as a potential contract, but I have a very good contract, i have more than enough, and if there are ways that this can help out the athletic department, the other programs and coaches, by not tying up so much( in men's basketball), that's my desire.
Instead, State Department hired a company that does n’t have employees, which then hired terrorists. think about it : State Department actually hired the very people who, along with their jihadist allies in Benghazi, attacked us and killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith as well as CIA contractors Glen Doherty and Ty Woods.
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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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