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| Sounds | dihpaa'rtmahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 654 more rhymes in ahnt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | A specialized division of a large organization. |
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| Examples | "you'll find it in the hardware department" |
| Synonyms | section |
| Narrower | academic department; business department; personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office; government department; payroll, payroll department; security, security department |
| Broader | division |
| Adjectives | intradepartmental; interdepartmental; departmental |
| Meaning | The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France). |
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| Member of | country, state, land |
| Region | France, French Republic |
| Broader | administrative district, administrative division, territorial division |
| Meaning | A specialized sphere of knowledge. |
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| Examples | "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature" |
| Broader | sector, sphere |