Associations to the word «Department»

Wiktionary

DEPARTMENT, noun. A part, portion, or subdivision.
DEPARTMENT, noun. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
DEPARTMENT, noun. A subdivision of an organization.
DEPARTMENT, noun. (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
DEPARTMENT, noun. (in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
DEPARTMENT, noun. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes.
DEPARTMENT, noun. (historical) A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
DEPARTMENT, noun. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
DEPARTMENT STORE, noun. A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services.
DEPARTMENT STORES, noun. Plural of department store

Dictionary definition

DEPARTMENT, noun. 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".
DEPARTMENT, noun. The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France).
DEPARTMENT, noun. A specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats