DEPARTMENT
\dɪpˈɑːtmənt], \dɪpˈɑːtmənt], \d_ɪ_p_ˈɑː_t_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DEPARTMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
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a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
By Princeton University
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the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
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a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
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A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
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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.
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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.
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A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
By Oddity Software
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
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A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
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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.
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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 of the Loire.
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A military subdivision of a country; as, the of the Potomac.
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Act of departing; departure.
By Noah Webster.
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A distinct division; a separate room or office for business; a branch of business, study, or science; a division of government; as, the Department of Agriculture; a province.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is parted or separated: a part or portion: a separate part of business or duty: a section of the administration: a division of a country, esp. of France.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
