department

IPA: dɪpˈɑrtmʌnt

A part, portion, or subdivision.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A specified aspect or quality.
A subdivision of an organization.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
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.
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.

Examples of "department" in Sentences

It is the department of Psychiatry.
It is the prefecture of the Tarn department.
The man bought a gift at the department store.
The are the defense department of the Vatican.
She bought a new pair of jeans from the department store.
It is also linked by skybridge to The Emporium Department Store.
The family department store made the Goldwaters comfortably wealthy.
The extent of department stores in America is an incalculable number.
The major tenant, the Emporium department store, opened on July 16, 1952.
That's the question that made difficult for the department store magnate, John Wanamaker.