department

7 definitions • 15 examples

a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study or work:

department of the Department of Health and Social Security

She is a professor in the chemistry department/the department of chemistry.

The sales department is/are having a Christmas party this week.

one of the areas that France is divided into, that has its own local government:

Angers is the capital of the department of Maine-et-Loire.

any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government:

Chavez is the head of the geography department.

The shoe department is on the fifth floor.

She lives in Washington and works for the Department of Defense.

fig.infml I thought buying the tickets was your department (= area of responsibility).

one part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.:

run/manage a department

the sales/human resources/finance department

He was previously a lecturer in the pharmacy department of Queen's University.

a department director/supervisor

one part of a large store that sells many different types of goods:

the book/electrical/menswear department She has a Saturday job in the footwear department of a large city centre store.

one part of a government that is responsible for a particular part of its work:

the Department of Education/Health/Justice

to be something that a particular person knows a lot about or is responsible for:

You'll need to ask Joe about that - it's more his departmant than mine.