department

Plural: departments

Noun

• a specialized division of a large organization
  • "you'll find it in the hardware department"
• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
• a specialized sphere of knowledge
  • "baking is not my department"
  • "his work established a new department of literature"
• A part, portion, or subdivision.
• A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
• A specified aspect or quality.
• A subdivision of an organization.
• One of the principal divisions of executive government
• A subdivision of an organization.
• One of the divisions of instructions
• A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
• A military subdivision of a country
• Act of departing; departure.

Examples

• Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
• The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
• the Department of the Potomac

Synonyms

section, ministry, province, specialty

Related Words

province, state