department
/dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A part, portion, or subdivision.
noun
A subdivision of an organization.
noun
A subdivision of an organization.
noun
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.
noun
A military subdivision of a country
Example Sentences
- "Technical things are not his department; he's a people person."
- "Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department."
- "superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature"
- "The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit."
- "While the Chiefs superstar trails legendary quarterback Tom Brady in the Super Bowl wins department – the former Patriot and Tampa Bay Buccaneer has seven to Mahomes’ three – the chatter will only get louder and louder as to whether or not the 2023 Super Bowl MVP is the greatest of all time or not as he continues his career."
- "the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department"
Etymology
From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: departement, département
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/
- British English: /dɪˈpɑːtm(ə)nt/