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UK /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/ US /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) of a government

ADJ

government | education, health, social services, etc.

fire, police

The local fire department arrived quickly when the house caught fire yesterday.

DEPARTMENT + NOUN

official, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, staff

PREP

~ of

The Ministry asked for help from the Department of Education about new school policies.

(noun.) of an organization

ADJ

accident and emergency, casualty, outpatient, physiotherapy | design, finance, marketing, personnel, planning, publicity, sales, etc. | biology, English, maths, etc.

VERB + DEPARTMENT

manage, run

The new manager decided to reorganize how she would run the marketing department.

DEPARTMENT + NOUN

head, manager, staff

PREP

in a/the ~

My sister works in the marketing department at a large technology company.

within a/the ~

She decided to look for a new job within the department rather than apply elsewhere.

~ of

The Department of Health announced new guidelines for hospitals across the country yesterday.

PHRASES

the head of (a) department, a member of a department

Definitions

noun

A part, portion, or subdivision.

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.

A specified aspect or quality.

The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

While the Chiefs superstar trails legendary quarterback Tom Brady in the Super Bowl wins department – the former Patriot and Tampa Bay Buccaneer has seven to Mahomes’ three – the chatter will only get louder and louder as to whether or not the 2023 Super Bowl MVP is the greatest of all time or not as he continues his career.

A subdivision of an organization.

the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department

A subdivision of an organization.

the physics department; the history department; the math department

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a specialized division of a large organization

section

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious

So obvious that it was unnecessary to say.

That call I took as we arrived here was to tell me about another meeting with the AC tomorrow. More nit-picking and recommendations from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious.

call the fire department

Call the emergency service that specializes in extinguishing fires.

Example Bank

Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

Wiktionary

superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature

Wiktionary

Please go to the Surgery Department.

Tatoeba · #21986

I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.

Tatoeba · #25501

Where's the nearest department store?

Tatoeba · #27270

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