Definitions
Division of an organization or government
Word origin
From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.
Used in a sentence
“Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.”
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“office unit”10 letters
02“Section”10 letters
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