department

n. government office; division, section; district; area, domain

A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. For the division of organizations into departments, see departmentalization.In particular:A government department in Australia, Canada, Switzerland and the United States, corresponds to a ministry in other systems:Department (Australian government)Department (Swiss government)Department (US government)Department (country subdivision)- a geographical and administrative division within a country.Part of an institution such as a commercial company (see departmentalization) or a non-profit organization such as a university.Academic department
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A department (, ) is a geographically defined area of a centralized state which functions as an administrative unit, usually at provincial level, with or without a representative assembly.
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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) section
(hypernym) division
(hyponym) academic department
2. the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(member-holonym) country, state, land
(classification) France, French Republic
3. a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
(hypernym) sector, sphere

n. department, division, section

(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.)
Act of departing; departure.
  

(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 part, portion, or subdivision.
  

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

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