department

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noun

1. a specialized division of a large organization (Freq. 28)
- you'll find it in the hardware department
- she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury
• Syn:
section
• Derivationally related forms:
departmental
• Hypernyms:
division
• Hyponyms:
academic department, business department, personnel department, personnel office, personnel,
staff office, government department, payroll, payroll department, security, security department
2. the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
• Derivationally related forms:
departmental
• Regions:
France, French Republic
• Hypernyms:
administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
• Member Holonyms:
country, state, land
3. a specialized sphere of knowledge
- baking is not my department
- his work established a new department of literature
• Hypernyms:
sector, sphere