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Noun

S: (n) department, section (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"

direct hyponym / full hyponym

S: (n) academic department (a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject)

S: (n) anthropology department, department of anthropology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology)
S: (n) art department (the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation)
S: (n) biology department, department of biology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology)
S: (n) chemistry department, department of chemistry (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry)
S: (n) department of computer science (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science)
S: (n) economics department, department of economics (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics)
S: (n) English department, department of English (the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature)
S: (n) history department, department of history (the academic department responsible for teaching history)
S: (n) linguistics department, department of linguistics (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics)
S: (n) mathematics department, department of mathematics (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics)
S: (n) philosophy department, department of philosophy (the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy)
S: (n) physics department, department of physics (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics)
S: (n) music department, department of music (the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation)
S: (n) psychology department, department of psychology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology)
S: (n) sociology department, department of sociology (the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology)

S: (n) business department (a division of a business firm)

S: (n) advertising department, advertising division (the division of a business that is responsible for advertising)
S: (n) editorial department (the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication)

S: (n) city desk, city room (the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the local news)
S: (n) sports desk (the editorial department of a newspaper that edits the sports news)

S: (n) parts department (the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts)
S: (n) plant department, building department (the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant)
S: (n) purchasing department (the division of a business that is responsible for purchases)
S: (n) sales department, sales division, sales force (the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services)
S: (n) service department (the division of a business that provides customer services)

S: (n) personnel department, personnel office, personnel, staff office (the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management)
S: (n) government department (a department of government)

S: (n) ministry (a government department under the direction of a minister of state)

S: (n) Foreign Office (the government department in charge of foreign relations)

S: (n) French Foreign Office, Quai d'Orsay (the French department in charge of foreign affairs; referred to familiarly by its address in Paris)

S: (n) Home Office (the government department in charge of domestic affairs)

S: (n) treasury (the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues)
S: (n) local department, department of local government (a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government)

S: (n) corrections, department of corrections (the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders) "for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections"
S: (n) fire department (the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires)

S: (n) fire brigade (British name for a fire department)

S: (n) police department (the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime)
S: (n) sanitation department (the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage)

S: (n) Special Branch (a government police department dealing with political security)
S: (n) State Department (a department of government in one of the 50 states)
S: (n) federal department, federal office, department of the federal government (a department of the federal government of the United States)

S: (n) executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)

S: (n) White House, EXEC (the chief executive department of the United States government)
S: (n) Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA (the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy); created in 1862)
S: (n) Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC (the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913)
S: (n) Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)
S: (n) Department of Education, Education Department, Education (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979)
S: (n) Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOE (the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977)
S: (n) Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS (the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979)
S: (n) Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security (the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security)
S: (n) Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development, HUD (the United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal; created in 1965)
S: (n) Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)
S: (n) Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoL (the federal department responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States; created in 1913)
S: (n) Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoS (the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies) "the Department of State was created in 1789"

S: (n) Foggy Bottom (United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River)

S: (n) Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI (the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849)
S: (n) Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)
S: (n) Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT (the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966)
S: (n) Department of Veterans Affairs, VA (the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989)
S: (n) Department of Commerce and Labor (a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1903 and split into two departments in 1913)
S: (n) Department of Health Education and Welfare (a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1953 and divided in 1979)
S: (n) Navy Department (a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947)
S: (n) War Department (a former executive department of the United States government; created in 1789 and combined with the Navy Department in 1947)

S: (n) admiralty (the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain))

S: (n) payroll, payroll department (the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee)
S: (n) security, security department (a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers) "the head of security was a former policeman"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
derivationally related form

S: (n) department (the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France))
S: (n) department (a specialized sphere of knowledge) "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"