department

[deĀ·partĀ·ment]

A department is one section or part of a larger group, like a company or a school. The philosophy department of a university is just one of many, including English, math, and sociology.

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Act of departing; departure.

Noun
a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

Noun
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"

Noun
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)


v. i.
Act of departing; departure.

v. i.
A part, portion, or subdivision.

v. i.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.


Department

De*part"ment , n. [F. d'82partement, fr. d'82partir. See Depart, v. i.] 1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.]
Sudden departments from one extreme to another.
2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature.
4. 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. 5. 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. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Act of departing; departure.

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Usage Examples

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

I got that experience through dating dozens of men for six years after college, getting an entry level magazine job at 21, working in the fiction department at Good Housekeeping and then working as a fashion editor there as well as writing many articles for the magazine.

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts.

As an integral part of the Department of Agriculture, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service monitors our Nation's agriculture to protect against agricultural pests and diseases.

Health care costs are eating the Defense Department alive.

After I had gone through this matter with the President I told him of my condition of health and that my doctors felt that I must take a complete rest and that I thought that that meant leaving the Department finally in a short time.

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Other Usage Examples

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.

I set up a laboratory in the Department of Physiology in the Medical School in South Africa and begin to try to find a bacteriophage system which we might use to solve the genetic code.

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department.

I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.

I had an art teacher who's the reason I got there in high school who encouraged me to go to Alabama. That's where she had gone and kept raving over their art department.

For over 15 years, through the clean coal programs of the Department of Energy, the Federal Government has been a solid partner, working jointly with private companies and the states to develop and demonstrate a new generation of environmentally clean technology using coal.

Could I say that the reason that I am here today, you know, from the mouth of the State Department itself, is: I should not be allowed to travel because I have struggled for years for the independence of the colonial peoples of Africa.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.

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