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department
Found in thesaurus: division, administrative division, administrative district, territorial division, sphere, sector
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department
n.
government office; division, section; district; area, domain
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Department
Department may refer to:
- Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
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Department (country subdivision)
Department (, ) is the name given to the administrative and political subdivisions of many countries. Departments are the first-level subdivisions of eleven countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional ten countries use departments as second-level subdivisions, eight in Africa, one in the Americas, and one in Europe.
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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"
(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
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Department (das)
n.
department, division, section
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department
n.
katedra; oddělení; ministerstvo
