department

department
noun
1 of a government
ADJECTIVE
▪ federal, government, state
▪ Education Department, Health Department, etc.
▪ fire, police (both AmE)
▪

The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime.

DEPARTMENT + NOUN
▪ official, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman
▪ personnel (AmE), staff
PREPOSITION
▪ department for
▪

the Department for Transport (in the UK)

▪ department of
▪

the Department of Transportation (in the US)

2 of an organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ accident and emergency (BrE), casualty (BrE), emergency (AmE), hospital, outpatient
▪ design, finance, HR, legal, marketing, personnel, planning, publicity, sales, etc.
▪ biology, English, science, etc.
VERB + DEPARTMENT
▪ head, manage, run
▪

Staff criticized the way the history department was run.

▪ join
▪

A new member of staff has joined the department.

▪ create, establish
▪ contact
▪

Contact our sales department for more information.

DEPARTMENT + NOUN
▪ chair (esp. AmE), coordinator, head, manager
▪ member (esp. AmE), staff
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the department
▪

Complaints are dealt with in a different department.

▪ within a/the department
▪

to gain promotion within the department

▪ department of
▪

the Department of Planning

PHRASES
▪ the head of a/the department, the head of department
▪ a member of a/the department

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