department
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
department/dɪˈpɑːtmənt/
▶noun
- 1 a division of a large organization or building, dealing with a specific area of activity.
- 2 an administrative district in France and other countries.
- 3 (one's department) informal an area of special expertise or responsibility.
■ a specified aspect or quality: he was a bit lacking in the height department.
– derivatives
departmental adjective,
departmentalism noun,
departmentalization (or departmentalisation) noun,
departmentalize (or departmentalise) verb,
departmentally adverb.
departmental adjective,
departmentalism noun,
departmentalization (or departmentalisation) noun,
departmentalize (or departmentalise) verb,
departmentally adverb.
'department' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & R
- Admiralty
- agency
- arrondissement
- BERR
- Black Rod
- Board of Trade
- bureau
- cantal
- casualty
- casualty department
- chancellery
- CID
- city desk
- cleansing department
- commissar
- commissariat
- cost centre
- customs
- DCMS
- DCSF
- DE
- dean
- DEFRA
- department store
- Dept
- DFID
- DHSS
- director
- directorate
- DIUS
- diwan
- DMV
- DNR
- DOD
- DoE
- DoH
- DoT
- DSS
- DTp
- DWP
- emergency
- ENT
- exchequer
- external
- fire department
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- foreign service
- Girondist
