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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Department \De*part"ment\, n. [F. d['e]partement, fr.
     d['e]partir. See Depart, v. i.]
     1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sudden departments from one extreme to another.
                                                    --Wotton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A part, portion, or subdivision.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like;
        appointed sphere or walk; province.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department
              of literature.                        --Macaulay.
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     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 instruction; as, the
        medical department; the department of physics.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of
        the Potomac.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Department \De*part"ment\, n. [F. d['e]partement, fr.
     d['e]partir. See Depart, v. i.]
     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 instruction; 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  department
       n 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" [syn: section]
       2: the territorial and administrative division of some
          countries (such as France)
       3: a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my
          department"; "his work established a new department of
          literature"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     Αγγλικά n.
     το τμήμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     n.
     1 A part, portion, or subdivision.
     2 A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
     3 A specified aspect or quality.
     4 A subdivision of an organization.
     5 # (lb en often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of
  executive government
     6 # (lb en in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
     7 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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Department
     German n.
     n (lb de of the US government or US/UK universities) department

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     n.
     1 A part, portion, or subdivision.
     2 A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
     3 A specified aspect or quality.
     4 A subdivision of an organization.
     5 # (lb en often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of
  executive government
     6 # (lb en in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
     7 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     n.
     1 A part, portion, or subdivision.
     2 A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
     3 A specified aspect or quality.
     4 A subdivision of an organization.
     5 # (lb en often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of
  executive government
     6 # (lb en in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
     7 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Department
     German n.
     n (lb de of the US government or US/UK universities) department

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     n.
     1 A part, portion, or subdivision.
     2 A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
     3 A specified aspect or quality.
     4 A subdivision of an organization.
     5 # (lb en often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of
  executive government
     6 # (lb en in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
     7 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.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Department
     German n.
     n (lb de of the US government or US/UK universities) department

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  department
     Englanti n.
     1 osasto, yksikkö, laitos
     2 ministeriö
     3 departementti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Department
     Tyska n.
     (tagg kat=politik text=administrativ region språk=de) departement

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  Department /diˈpaːɐ̯tmənt/ 
  département
  offizielle Bezeichnung der höchsten Verwaltungsbehörden in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  department /dɪpˈɑːtmənt/
  1. departement
  2. afdeling, vak

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Department /dɪpˈɑːtmənt/
  القسم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  department //dɪˈpɑɹtmənt// //dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt// 
  отде́л, отделе́ние 2.
  part, portion, subdivision
   3.
  subdivision of organization