Department
//dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt//
Word Type
Noun
The word "department" can be used as a noun.
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Derived Terms
Department of Redundancy Department cabinet department casualty department department store departmental departmentally departmentation departmentize departmentwide emergency department fire department interdepartmental multidepartment police department state department subdepartment superdepartment treasury department trouser department
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appliances area area store areas arrondissement big big company big store branch bureau bureaucratic bureaucratic division business business division business group business section business unit classification clothes clothing clothing store companies company company area company division company part company section corporate corporate members corporation corporation section county cube defence depart distinct district divided divided up division divisions employment employment name everything field fire fire police first first depart flat floor floors french french county government government division government sections group has has part head house in shops in store in stores items joined joined together large large store large stores like like store like target mall mall store malls manager many areas many divisions many floors many items many sections many stores meant meat mega mega store members men mint name nice of defence office office division office part office section offices official organization organization part organizational organizational division organizational group organizational unit part part company part of part organization people place police police house portion produce produce meat province put put together region room sears section section area section store sectioned sectioning sectioning things sections selection selling selling stuff sells sells things several several areas shoe shoe clothing shoe section shop shop section shopping shopping store shops smaller smaller store something something store specific specific area staff state station store store area store division store part store place store section store subdivision store type store unit stores stuff sub sub group subdivision subsection subset super super store target tea tea part territorial together type type store unit university university division up wide wide selection work work division work place
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