English Dictionary

department

/dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/

noun

A part, portion, or subdivision. / A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. / A specified aspect or quality. / (often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government

The department of education is responsible for overseeing the school system.

意味（1）

A part, portion, or subdivision.

意味（2）

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

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

意味（3）

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.

意味（4）

(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government

the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department

意味（5）

(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions

the physics department; the history department; the math department

意味（6）

A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.

The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed.

意味（7）

(historical) A military subdivision of a country

the Department of the Potomac

意味（8）

(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

sudden departments from one extreame to another