department
A part, portion, or subdivision.
Other meanings
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
“Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.”
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.”
Related words
- departmentation
- departmentize
- departmentwide
- multidepartment
- subdepartment
- superdepartment
- departmental
- departmentally
- department store
- cabinet department
- fire department
- interdepartmental
Example sentences
Word history
From French "département".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “department” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.