department

Phonetic

US /dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/UK /dɪˈpɑːtmənt/

Translations

NOUNA part, portion, or subdivision., A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like., A specified aspect or quality., A subdivision of an organization. One of the principal divisions of executive government, A subdivision of an organization. One of the divisions of instructions, A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons., A military subdivision of a country, Act of departing; departure.

Variants

departments: Plural

Examples

The Department of Government Efficiency lives.
Source:www.theatlantic.com
the spokesman called the Justice Department’s allegations against Rocket “baseless” and “government overreach”
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The Mendos’ neighbors include a custom lacemaker, a small factory that embosses items for department stores and a paper goods store
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The US Justice Department said Mr Wu's actions were "an attempt to silence and intimidate the activist's expressed views dissenting of the PRC"
Source:www.bbc.com
The department had the makings of “a petri dish of corruption for all the obvious reasons: Developing and procuring expensive weapons systems makes it a nice place to collect bribes and kickbacks,” said Daniel Mattingly, a professor at Yale University who is studying Chinese military politics.
Source:www.nytimes.com

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