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Department History Noun Dɪˈpɑːtmənt Dɪˈpɑːrtmənt Health Lecturer Psychology

Word3 department
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /dɪˈpɑːtmənt/ /dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
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  • the department of health
  • he is a lecturer in the department of psychology at trinity college, dublin.
  • the treasury department
  • a government/university, etc. department
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department

(noun)/dɪˈpɑːtmənt/ /dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
  1. a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc.
    • SEE ALSO police department
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/police-department
    • the Department of Health
    • He is a lecturer in the department of psychology at Trinity College, Dublin.
    • the Treasury Department
    • a government/university, etc. department
    • the marketing/sales, etc. department
    • The children's department (= in a large store) sells a wide range of good quality clothes.
    • the English department
    • She used to work in the IT department.
    • He later served as head of the art history department.

    Extra Examples

    • A new member of staff has joined the department.
    • Complaints are dealt with in a different department.
    • Contact our sales department for more information.
    • Staff criticized the way the history department was run.
    • The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime.
    • the Department for Transport
    • to gain promotion within the department
    • I work in the sales department.
    • Several professors from the history department will also speak at the event.
    • The Department of Trade and Industry refused to comment on the allegations.
  2. to be something that somebody is responsible for or knows a lot about
    • Don't ask me about it—that's her department.
  3. in a particular aspect or quality
    • He doesn't have much going for him in the brains department, to be honest.
    • Movies lacking in the story department can still succeed.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French departement, from departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘division or distribution’, later ‘separation’, hence ‘a separate part’ (core sense, mid 18th cent.).
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