department (noun)

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• department — noun 1 of a government ADJECTIVE ▪ federal, government, state ▪ Education Department, Health Department, etc. ▪ fire, police (both …   Collocations dictionary

• department — ► NOUN 1) a division of a large organization or building, dealing with a specific area of activity. 2) an administrative district in France and other countries. 3) (one s department) informal an area of special expertise or responsibility. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

• Noun (department) — Noun   Department   Department location in Cameroon Country …   Wikipedia

• department — de‧part‧ment [dɪˈpɑːtmənt ǁ ɑːr ] written abbreviation Dept. or dept. noun [countable] 1. ORGANIZATIONS one of the parts of a large organization such as a company or university where people do a particular kind of work: • She heads the customer… …   Financial and business terms

• department — noun 1》 a division of a large organization or building, dealing with a specific area of activity. 2》 an administrative district in France and other countries. 3》 (one s department) informal an area of special expertise or responsibility.     ↘a… …   English new terms dictionary

• department — noun (C) 1 one of the groups of people working together to form part of a large organization such as a hospital, university, or company: the English/sales etc department: She s in charge of the personnel department. (+ of): the Department of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• department — I noun agency, area, assignment, branch, bureau, categorization, category, chapter, class, classification, designation, district, division, domain, field, field of activity, jurisdiction, ministry, munus, pars, part, precinct, province, provincia …   Law dictionary

• department of local government — noun a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government • Syn: ↑local department • Hypernyms: ↑government department • Hyponyms: ↑corrections, ↑department of corrections, ↑fire department, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Department of Defense — noun the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 (Freq. 6) • Syn: ↑Defense Department, ↑United States Department of Defense, ↑Defense, ↑DoD • Hypernyms: ↑executive department …   Useful english dictionary

• Department of State — noun the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies (Freq. 5) the Department of State was created in 1789 • Syn: ↑United States Department of State, ↑State Department, ↑State, ↑DoS • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Department of Education — noun the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 • Syn: ↑Education Department, ↑Education • Derivationally… …   Useful english dictionary