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"you'll find it in the hardware department"nouna specialized division of a large organization
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"baking is not my department" "his work established a new department of literature"nouna specialized sphere of knowledge
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nounthe territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
Definition that contains department
- state the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
- security a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers
- energy the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
- minister the job of a head of a government department
- justice the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
- chair act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- defense the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947
- doc the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
- secretary a person who is head of an administrative department of government
- education the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979