Thesaurus: department

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1. v. i. Act of departing; departure.
2. v. i. A part, portion, or subdivision.
3. v. i. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
4. v. i. 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.
5. v. i. 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.
6. v. i. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
7. n. a specialized division of a large organization
8. n. the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
9. n. a specialized sphere of knowledge
10. 1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. Macaulay. 4. 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 instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics. 5. 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. 6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
11. n:100 n. a specialized division of a large organization n. the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) n. a specialized sphere of knowledge