Definizione monolingua

department

department (plural departments)

1. A part, portion, or subdivision.
2. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

   • Superior to Pope in Popes own peculiar department of literature. Thomas Babington Macaulay.

3. Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
4. A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
5. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
6. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

   • Sudden departments from one extreme to another. Wotton.

Definizione dizionario department

	dipartimento
	A section of a large organization, such as a government, a company, a university etc.

area

bene

compartimento

dicastero

dipartimento#voci correlate

distretto

fattoria

luogo

ministero

provincia

regione

reparto

sezione

ufficio

Altri significati:

Subdivision of business

A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

school (e.g. of learning)

Part, portion, subdivision

channel (i.e. TV or radio)

A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.

A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.

department (in an organization)

A part, portion, or subdivision.

county (UK)

(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.

Territorial division