Definition: 1. A section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc. 2. A specialized division of a large organization. 3. The territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France) 4. A specialized sphere of knowledge.
Use 'department' in a sentence:
1. "I'm afraid the name means nothing to me," he said. "That's not my department."
2. The firm has an excellent customer service department.
3. What is the ratio of men to women in the department?
4. This department services the international sales force.
5. Don't ask me about it ─ that's her department.
6. Direct any complaints to the Customer Services department.
7. I am speaking for everyone in this department.
8. Each colour on the chart represents a different department.
9. His department will merge with mine.
10. The department denies responsibility for what occurred.
11. I was transferred to the book department.
12. Discussions are held on an informal basis within the department.
13. They are looking into ways of invigorating the department.
14. Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department.
15. The department deferred the decision for six months.
16. She redirected them to the men's department.
17. Your department spent more last year than all the others put together.
18. She was proved right, in dramatic fashion, when the whole department resigned.
19. He is carrying the department.
20. My department got dinged by the budget cuts.
21. This is one of the busiest times of the year for the department.
22. I work in the Sales Administration department.
23. His resignation will have a ripple effect on the whole department.
24. She made herself indispensable to the department.
25. He moved to the sales department.
26. They tried to ensure uniformity across the different departments.
27. The department may overshoot its cash limit this year.
28. She resigned as head of department.
29. I wrote a letter to the Publicity Department.
30. Too many government departments are unaccountable to the general public.
31. The department has been starved of resources.
32. I was given the brief of reorganizing the department.
33. Winn bragged that he had spies in the department.
34. The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery.
35. Don't work in that department; it's a madhouse.
36. The rot set in last year when they reorganized the department.
37. There are several openings in the sales department.
38. The Justice Department advocated a breakup of Microsoft.
39. Ten employees are being transferred from the sales department.
40. Twenty workers lost their jobs when the department was rationalized.
41. The department was swamped with job applications.
42. She started as a secretary but ended up running the department.
43. The whole department has been given the chop.
44. The IT department is being hived off into a new company.
45. There is very little storage space in the department.
46. Don't ask me about it─that's her department.
47. She was the only woman in Shell's legal department.
48. A Defense Department spokesman briefed reporters.
49. Several computer engineers have been contracted to the finance department.
50. The report is critical of the department's waste of resources.
51. The course is approved by the Department for Education.
52. The department led the world in cancer research.
