Found 3 items, similar to department.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: department departemen, direktorate, jawatan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: department department n 1: 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” [syn: section] 2: the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) 3: a specialized sphere of knowledge; “baking is not my department”; “his work established a new department of literature”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Department Department \De*part"ment\, n. [F. d['e]partement, fr. d['e]partir. See Depart, v. i.] 1. Act of departing; departure. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sudden departments from one extreme to another. --Wotton. [1913 Webster] 2. A part, portion, or subdivision. [1913 Webster] 3. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province. [1913 Webster] Superior to Pope in Pope's own peculiar department of literature. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac. [1913 Webster]