Department
noun
A part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a specific area of work.
She works in the marketing department of a large multinational company.
Often appears as...
- department of defense
- human resources department
noun
A subject or area of study at a school or university.
He is a professor in the history department.
Often appears as...
- english department
- science department
noun
One of the parts or sections of a large shop, selling a specific type of goods.
I'll meet you in the shoe department.
Often appears as...
- housewares department
- clothing department
noun
A part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a specific area of work.
She works in the marketing department of a large multinational company.
Often appears as...
- department of defense
- human resources department
noun
A subject or area of study at a school or university.
He is a professor in the history department.
Often appears as...
- english department
- science department
noun
One of the parts or sections of a large shop, selling a specific type of goods.
I'll meet you in the shoe department.
Often appears as...
- housewares department
- clothing department
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Roles
The department name often indicates the roles and responsibilities within an organization.
The finance department manages the company's money.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Communication
When referencing departments, it often implies internal communication rather than public.
Please forward the message to the legal department.
Pro Tip 3/3Hierarchical Structure
Departments can have sub-departments, showing a hierarchy within the organization.
She works in the cardiac department, under the umbrella of internal medicine.
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Roles
The department name often indicates the roles and responsibilities within an organization.
The finance department manages the company's money.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Communication
When referencing departments, it often implies internal communication rather than public.
Please forward the message to the legal department.
Pro Tip 3/3Hierarchical Structure
Departments can have sub-departments, showing a hierarchy within the organization.
She works in the cardiac department, under the umbrella of internal medicine.
Pro Tip 1/3Organizational Roles
The department name often indicates the roles and responsibilities within an organization.
The finance department manages the company's money.
Pro Tip 2/3Internal Communication
When referencing departments, it often implies internal communication rather than public.
Please forward the message to the legal department.
Pro Tip 3/3Hierarchical Structure
Departments can have sub-departments, showing a hierarchy within the organization.
She works in the cardiac department, under the umbrella of internal medicine.
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Who owns the "wilderness"...
over multiple government departments. Straightforward tasks like building roads and hiring personnel required inefficient bureaucratic maneuvering. None of the departments had set rules for conduct in the park, so hunters killed park wildlife, cattle overgrazed fields, and visitors vandalized landmarks.
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Why we have too few...
And everyone kind of sat at the table. He had these two women who were traveling with him pretty senior in his department, and I kind of said to them, "Sit at the table. Come on, sit at the table," and they sat on the side of the room. When I was in college, my senior year,
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Bill Gates: The...
can we put the new jobs in that area and what are the departments that handle that. This is a tough political problem. And, you know, my admonition to people is not only to get educated themselves, but help educate other people. And often, like in the US,
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The psychological weight...
for me i was a hard hard-charging taipei global executive and managing my diabetes was not going to be an option so i enlisted the help of the people at canyon ranch in the medical department there who i knew were a little bit more ambitious
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3 secrets of resilient...
I worked with all sorts of organizations from government departments to building companies, and all sorts of community groups, teaching them the ways of thinking and acting that we know boost resilience. I thought that was my calling.
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How I discovered DNA -...
best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography an x-ray crystallography is now subjective you know chemistry department in those days it was in the domain of the physicists so the best place for x-ray crystallography was at
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Mark Bezos: A life...
A few weeks later, the department received a letter from the homeowner thanking us for the valiant effort displayed in saving her home. The act of kindness she noted above all someone had even gotten her a pair of shoes.
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I got 99 problems......
Sherry Brown got the part. I went racing to the head of the theater department crying hysterically, like someone shot my cat, to ask her why, and she said it was because they didn't think I could do the stunts.
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Baby Ferret Training...
a new life living wild on the plains of new mexico this project shows what can be achieved when you have a whole government department supporting your breeding
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
any standard of decency well first of all this is a department that this council has supported over and over again this is a police department that has
Video examples
Who owns the "wilderness"...
over multiple government departments. Straightforward tasks like building roads and hiring personnel required inefficient bureaucratic maneuvering. None of the departments had set rules for conduct in the park, so hunters killed park wildlife, cattle overgrazed fields, and visitors vandalized landmarks.
Video examples
Why we have too few...
And everyone kind of sat at the table. He had these two women who were traveling with him pretty senior in his department, and I kind of said to them, "Sit at the table. Come on, sit at the table," and they sat on the side of the room. When I was in college, my senior year,
Video examples
Bill Gates: The...
can we put the new jobs in that area and what are the departments that handle that. This is a tough political problem. And, you know, my admonition to people is not only to get educated themselves, but help educate other people. And often, like in the US,
Video examples
The psychological weight...
for me i was a hard hard-charging taipei global executive and managing my diabetes was not going to be an option so i enlisted the help of the people at canyon ranch in the medical department there who i knew were a little bit more ambitious
Video examples
3 secrets of resilient...
I worked with all sorts of organizations from government departments to building companies, and all sorts of community groups, teaching them the ways of thinking and acting that we know boost resilience. I thought that was my calling.
Video examples
How I discovered DNA -...
best place in the world then for x-ray crystallography an x-ray crystallography is now subjective you know chemistry department in those days it was in the domain of the physicists so the best place for x-ray crystallography was at
Video examples
Mark Bezos: A life...
A few weeks later, the department received a letter from the homeowner thanking us for the valiant effort displayed in saving her home. The act of kindness she noted above all someone had even gotten her a pair of shoes.
Video examples
I got 99 problems......
Sherry Brown got the part. I went racing to the head of the theater department crying hysterically, like someone shot my cat, to ask her why, and she said it was because they didn't think I could do the stunts.
Video examples
Baby Ferret Training...
a new life living wild on the plains of new mexico this project shows what can be achieved when you have a whole government department supporting your breeding
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
any standard of decency well first of all this is a department that this council has supported over and over again this is a police department that has
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
My second or third year in the engineering department, I got very frustrated, and I sat down with myself and had a soul-searching conversation with myself and said, 'What I'd really like to do is see if I can write comedy.' ... I moved to L.A. stone cold. Didn't know anybody; didn't know how to go about it. Really started from scratch.
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Jason Mraz
American Musician
I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength I have in that department. I have a lot of bad habits on the guitar which limits my playing ability. But I get a little better each year.
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Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.
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Arsene Wenger
French Coach
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
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Jamshyd Godrej
Indian Businessman
The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.
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Jerry Della Femina
American Businessman
Life was easy was back in the days before human resource departments controlled business and someone decided we all should be politically correct.
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Larry Ellison
American Businessman
What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.
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Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
When I was an MP, I worked at the department where we gave honors to people from the arts world, I was quite keen.
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David Packard
American Businessman
Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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Howard Cosell
American Lawyer
Sports is the toy department of human life.
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
My second or third year in the engineering department, I got very frustrated, and I sat down with myself and had a soul-searching conversation with myself and said, 'What I'd really like to do is see if I can write comedy.' ... I moved to L.A. stone cold. Didn't know anybody; didn't know how to go about it. Really started from scratch.
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Jason Mraz
American Musician
I've always enjoyed singing and can't recall a time in my life where I wasn't singing. I'm most grateful for the strength I have in that department. I have a lot of bad habits on the guitar which limits my playing ability. But I get a little better each year.
Quote examples
Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things.
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Arsene Wenger
French Coach
I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
Quote examples
Jamshyd Godrej
Indian Businessman
The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings.
Quote examples
Jerry Della Femina
American Businessman
Life was easy was back in the days before human resource departments controlled business and someone decided we all should be politically correct.
Quote examples
Larry Ellison
American Businessman
What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.
Quote examples
Gyles Brandreth
British Actor
When I was an MP, I worked at the department where we gave honors to people from the arts world, I was quite keen.
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David Packard
American Businessman
Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.
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Howard Cosell
American Lawyer
Sports is the toy department of human life.
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