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Synonyms for Department
dɪˈpɑrt məntde·part·ment
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
department
Synonyms:
section, division, portion, function, office, branch, province, lineAntonyms:
institution, establishment, art, science, literature, service, state, whole, organization, community, society, body
Princeton's WordNet
department, sectionnoun
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"
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surgical incision, department, discussion section, division, section, incision, plane section, part, subdivision, segmentdepartmentnoun
the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
Synonyms:
sectiondepartmentnoun
a specialized sphere of knowledge
"baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"
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section
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
departmentnoun
Synonyms:
part, portion, division (especially a territorial division)departmentnoun
Synonyms:
province, function, office, station, sphere of duty, course of life
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "department":
ministry, ministère, département, departments, dept., departmental, administration, secretariat, service, departamento, dept, management, prosecutor, dipartimento, office, ministries, ministã, branch, governing, minister, division, directorate, sector, dpko
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#97 | service | |
#205 | management | |
#207 | part | |
#228 | line | |
#241 | office | |
#293 | section | |
#377 | department | |
#853 | function | |
#1041 | administration | |
#1147 | division | |
#1685 | sector | |
#1870 | minister | |
#2200 | branch | |
#2623 | ministry | |
#2675 | departments | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3617 | province | |
#4780 | segment | |
#6315 | governing | |
#8132 | subdivision | |
#8367 | ministries | |
#8411 | dept | |
#9380 | secretariat | |
#9884 | departmental | |
#13017 | prosecutor | |
#13463 | directorate | |
#32143 | incision | |
#39701 | departamento | |
#47788 | dipartimento | |
#63396 | departement | |
#162257 | ministere | |
#204223 | dpko |
How to use Department in a sentence?
If there is anyone in our athletic department in Knoxville or elsewhere who hasn’t heard that message yet, you’re hearing it now.
Sharon Helman's removal is a positive step, but there are still many more VA scandal figures who also must be purged from the department's payroll in order for veterans and families to receive the closure they deserve.
The Justice Department intends to secure this version of the report in an appropriate setting that will be accessible to a limited number of members of Congress and their staff.
While I appreciate that the Department of Education has finally fulfilled its obligation to investigate whether states have implemented policies, laws, or regulations to stop the heinous practice of ‘passing the trash,’ I am deeply concerned with these findings, any educator who engaged in sexual misconduct with a child should be barred from ever teaching in a classroom again, yet too many states do not have policies to ensure that is the case. Releasing this report is only the first step—the department must hold states accountable and use the tools at its disposal to enforce the law.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:
This is why the Department's inspector general is conducting a thorough investigation into the matter.
Translations for Department
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- دائرة, قسمArabic
- отделение, отделBulgarian
- odděleníCzech
- AbteilungGerman
- κλάδος, τμήμα, περιφέρεια, υπηρεσία, διεύθυνση, περιοχήGreek
- departementoEsperanto
- departamento, secciónSpanish
- jaosto, ministeriö, yksikkö, laitos, osasto, ala, departementtiFinnish
- ministère, départementFrench
- מחלקהHebrew
- depatmanHaitian Creole
- osztály, szakosztály, részleg, tanszék, minisztériumHungarian
- departmentLatin
- działPolish
- departamentoPortuguese
- факультет, отделение, департамент, отдел, министерствоRussian
- avdelningSwedish
- துறைTamil
- kagawaranTagalog
- شعبہUrdu
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