department

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

departments

1.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
2.
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
3.
A specified aspect or quality.
The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
4.
A subdivision of an organization.
5.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
6.
(historical)A military subdivision of a country
the Department of the Potomac
7.
(obsolete)Act of departing; departure.

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province specialty ministrydistinct course province, specialtydivision of executive government ministry

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English departement (ceasing, end), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. département.