Englisch > Deutsch | |
department | |
1. Substantiv: | |
2. [1] Fachbereich | |
Englisch > Englisch | |
department | |
1. subst. A part, portion, or subdivision. | |
2. subst. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like. | |
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person. | |
3. subst. A subdivision of an organization. | |
4. subst. (often, in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government | |
the Treasury Department; the Department of Agriculture; police department | |
5. subst. (in a university) One of the divisions of instructions | |
the physics department; the gender studies department | |
6. subst. A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes. In France, a department | |
7. subst. (historical) A military subdivision of a country | |
the Department of the Potomac - | |
8. subst. (obsolete) Act of departing; departure. | |