Department

English Meaning

Act of departing; departure.

1. A distinct, usually specialized division of a large organization, especially:
2. A principal administrative division of a government: the department of public works.
3. A division of a business specializing in a particular product or service: the personnel department.
4. A division of a school or college dealing with a particular field of knowledge: the physics department.
5. One of the principal executive divisions of the federal government of the United States, headed by a cabinet officer.
6. A section of a department store selling a particular line of merchandise: the home furnishings department.
7. An administrative district in France.
8. A unit of a warship's crew, organized by function, such as gunnery or engineering.
9. An area of particular knowledge or responsibility; a specialty: Getting the kids to bed is my department.