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Department word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "department" word

[noun] a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
[noun] a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
[noun] the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
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\De*part"ment\, n. [F. d['e]partement, fr. d['e]partir. See {Depart}, v. i.] 1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. --Wotton. 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. --Macaulay. 4. 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 instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics. 5. 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. 6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

Synonyms for department

section

See also: academic department | administrative district | administrative division | business department | country | division | government department | land | sector | security | sphere | state | territorial division |

Related terms: area, belt, border, constablery, constabulary, control, discipline, dominion, heartland, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, march, milieu, orb, premises, purlieus, quarter, segment, subdiscipline, subdivision, territory, three-mile limit

The fun area, different aproach to word »department«

Let's analyse "department" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Three syllables and Three vowels. 30% of vowels is 8.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TNEMTRAPED. Average typing speed for these characters is 2680 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: department: 5 + 1 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: department: 4 + 5 + 7 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 44, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (2) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
M (1) 13 Death Creator, Developer, Builder
N (1) 14 Temperance Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
P (1) 16 Tower Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
T (2) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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