department
US: /dɪˈpɑɹtmənt/
UK: /dɪpˈɑːtmənt/
UK: /dɪpˈɑːtmənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
department /di'pɑ:tmənt/
- danh từ
- cục; sở; ty; ban; khoa
- gian hàng, khu bày hàng (trong cửa hiệu)
- the ladies's hats department: gian hàng bán mũ phụ nữ
- a department store: cửa hàng tổng hợp, mậu dịch tổng hợp
- khu hành chính (ở Pháp)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bộ
- State Department: Quốc vụ viện; Bộ ngoại giao
- Department of the Navy: Bộ hải quân
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
(abbreviation Dept) a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc: the Department of the Environment + the Treasury Department + a government / university department + the marketing / sales department + the children's department (= in a large store) + the English department
See also -
Idioms: be sb's department (spoken) to be sth that sb is responsible for or knows a lot about: Don't ask me about it-that's her department.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 division, subdivision, branch, office, bureau, section, segment, unit, part:
Some departments are in another building.
2 responsibility, concern, worry, sphere, bailiwick, jurisdiction, domain, control, area or sphere of influence or activity:
He was only responsible for the launch of the missiles - where they came down was not his department.
Collocation dictionary
1 of a government
ADJ.
government | education, health, social services, etc. | fire, police
The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime.
DEPARTMENT + NOUN
official, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, staff
PREP.
~ of
the Department of the Environment
2 of an organization
ADJ.
accident and emergency, casualty, outpatient, physiotherapy | design, finance, marketing, personnel, planning, publicity, sales, etc. | biology, English, maths, etc.
VERB + DEPARTMENT
manage, run
Staff criticized the way the history department was run.
DEPARTMENT + NOUN
head, manager, staff
PREP.
in a/the ~
Complaints are dealt with in a different department.
| within a/the ~
to gain promotion within the department
| ~ of
the Department of Town Planning
PHRASES
the head of (a) department, a member of a department
Concise English dictionary
departments-mənt
noun
+a specialized division of a large organization
+the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
+a specialized sphere of knowledge
