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noun

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1. A part, portion, or subdivision.

2. A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

   Example: Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.

3. A subdivision of an organization.

4. 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.