departments
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A part, portion, or subdivision.
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A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
“Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.”
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A subdivision of an organization.
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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.
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A military subdivision of a country
“the Department of the Potomac”
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Act of departing; departure.
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