Department meaning

What does “department” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“department” is a noun with 3 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a specialized division of a large organization.

department

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”

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

  3. a specialized sphere of knowledge

    “baking is not my department”

    “his work established a new department of literature”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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